How to find out the weight of the unborn child
Naturally give birth to a child with a large the weight, very hard. Therefore, even before the birth of the baby, expectant mothers want to know the weight. There are various methods for calculating the weighta, including with the help of ultrasound and ultrasonographic studies. By touch, the doctor can tell about the weighte future baby only approx.

You will need
- Late pregnancy, centimeter and calculator.
Instruction
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With the help of ultrasound the weight is determined by the circumference of the head with an accuracy of 0.5 kg, but if the child is poorly seen, the specialist may make a mistake with the calculations. Calculate the weight future baby is best at 32 weeks.
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One of the mostthe weightone of the most common methods is the Lebedev method. To calculate the standing height of the bottom of the uterus is multiplied by the girth of the abdomen and the result is an approximate number of grams of the fetus.
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Many women believe that size and the weight future a child can be compared with the size of the tummy, however, in nature there is no standard for the belly of a pregnant woman. It can be small, large, wide or sharp. The size of the belly depends on the weighta, growth and breadth of mom’s bones. Large the weight fetus may be associated with greater the weightom before pregnancy and mother’s growth.
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Definition the weighta future the baby is also associated with the acquisition of the first clothes, because buying a standard size you can make a mistake, since children are born with the weightohm and 2.0 kg, and 4.5 kg.
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Another popular method for calculating the weight of an infant is the Stroykova method. For this the weight pregnant woman is divided by the number of constants, which is taken into account the weighta. If a woman the weightum 50 kg, then the constant is 15 if the weight 51–53 kg — the constant is 16. Every 2 kg of additional the weightand are equal to one more constant unit. Then the circumference of the tummy is multiplied by the height of the bottom of the uterus, both sums are added and divided by 2. The result will be obtained with an error of 200 grams.
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At 38 weeks pregnant the weight the child can be determined at home on their own using a regular centimeter. Lying on the bed, you need to feel the upper edge of the pubic bone, attach a centimeter and stretch it along the midline to the upper edge of the uterus. The result must be multiplied by 100, which will be approximate the weightohm of the child in grams.
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If the baby is very large, you need to discuss the caesarean section with the doctor in advance, read the literature about this operation and prepare psychologically. A caesarean section is also done if the baby is not properly positioned.
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If the location of the fetus is incorrect, then the calculation of the weight of the unborn child can be very wrong, therefore, before determining the weight, you need to check whether the child is located correctly in the womb.
Helpful advice
The accuracy of calculating the estimated weight also depends on the period when it is determined. It should be borne in mind that if the examination was carried out at the 36th week of pregnancy, then until the moment of delivery, the baby can gain even more than 0.5 kg.