Bump measurements

How many weeks are you. On the graph it looks like 28+2?

Yes I was at the time, now 28+4

Your belly was measuring more like 29+4 weeks at the time. The mark the midwife has put if you draw a line going down and across you will see how many weeks you actually are at the bottom and the horizontal line would tell how many weeks your belly is measuring . But its nothing to be concerned about as belly measurements are not accurate at all.

Or babies possition could affect the measurements x

The graph says that at 28 weeks your baby weight 1.6-1.7 kg , you are slightly over the chart , while the average weight at this week is around 1.2-1.3 kg - even if it’s accurate, some babies develop faster the others so shouldn’t be a problem atm

Thank you everyone ☺️ xx

Are you tall? They plot everyone on the same graph, whether you're 5 foot or 6 foot. I expressed concern that I'm losing weight and wanted reassurance that baby was growing properly. My bump is measuring 'big' on this chart but I'm tall 🤦🏼‍♀️ Last pregnancy I measured big but my scan showed she was 22nd centile. Fundal measurement is so inaccurate x

@Anna No I’m short, 5ft1 x

So the lines from bottom to top start at the 5th centile and go up to the 95th. The fundal height is the length of your uterus. The “average” is the middle line on the 50th centile. If they for instance plotted you on the 5th centile it would mean 95 out of a 100 women would have a fundal height bigger than you, and 5 would have the same or smaller. They’re also not just looking at what your centile is now, but over time to see if it’s following the same curve without any drastic changes that would be a cause for concern. You are measuring above the 95th centile, so larger than average. However, it’s important to remember that fundal height isn’t always accurate. It’s not the charts that are inaccurate but the person recording the information they put in it. You could get measured by two midwives at the same time and both could come out with a different measurement, I know because I had 4 people measure me on the same day and every measurement was different!

@Rebecca thank you for explaining it ☺️ x