Candice - Mom to Miss K, Miss E and Little Mr. M! We are Canadian!
Working on baby #4!
Could be just a smaller baby or how the baby is lying at this moment. I always measured behind in the 3rd trimester. My kids were born full term at 5lbs 9 oz and 6lbs 12 oz.
Fundal height varies with fluid and baby's position. Both my babies started measuring smaller around 34-36 weeks. By the time I was 40 weeks, I was measuring 37 each time. My babies were both born past edd. First was 9 days past weighing 6-1, second was 10 days past weighing 8-1. I would think that both the fundal height and difficult to find heartbeat would be because of how baby is laying.
When I needed up up my protein pumpkin seeds were great, protein powder, and protein bars.
I tend to measure small too. My last pregnancy my midwife did 2 measurements. The normal and then all the way around. The normal way always measured small but around showed a consistent gain in size.
I'm the complete opposite, I measure smaller than what I "should" but my kids have been ginormous, 7/1, 9/2, & 9/12.
Me measuring small obviously didn't mean small babies, and my sister measuring 6 weeks ahead didn't mean a big baby.
Snack on nuts and eat beans to get more protein.
By consuming more protein, you are creating lean muscle mass in your baby. Generally a high protein diet is encouraged to stave off large babies (and to help stave off symptoms of pre-eclampsia). I'm curious why they would urge you to eat more protein since your baby is measuring SMALL. ??
If you eat 1/2 gram of protein for every pound you weigh, this is more than enough. (So a 200 pound woman would eat 100 grams of protein daily). Don't forget to look into beans for a great source of protein: chili, hummus, etc.
gain weight in my third trimester. Don't worry to much.
Well My midwife was worried that i wasn't eatting enough and that was causing a small size.
I'm pretty good about eatting. I had a Pancake this morning with fresh strawberries and 100% pure Maple syrup on it.. and a fried egg for breakfast.
I had Chicken last night with veggies and then had 1/2 cup of cottage cheese as well.
Apparently this baby is stubborn and didn't want to be poked and proded with yesterday while at the midwives. lol
the weight gain... I started out at 117 lbs... I'm now 128 lbs.. that's an 11 lb gain. I don't seem to really gain until the 3rd tri anyways. and I'm looking at about 4 lbs a month gain (so 1 lbs a week roughly)
I've never hit my due dates yet. I have 3 children. the first was born at 36w6d and was 6 lbs 5 oz My second was born at 36w3d and was 6 lbs 6 oz and my third was born at 39w5d and was 7 lbs 15 oz. So i don't make "HUGE" babies. I just can't seem to think of any other ways to get protein in.. lol
Lunch ideas for kids
- MyIslandGirls
on Mar. 19, 2013 at 10:56 PM