Ultrasound percentiles and gender

[CdinGA]

Feeling awful today after 3d ultrasound yesterday. Baby looks great and healthy so that's awesome except I'm so down because the measurements the tech told us have me upset again. We don't know the sex of the baby and even though every sign points to girl again.
Baby measured exactly 32 and 5 after the head, belly and femur lengths were taken. Dates are on 100% to conception and have been all along. But weight was estimated at 4.2 lbs and only 30th percentile. So I have been crushed since we left there thinking of course it's another girl because it's way too small to be a boy. Our other daughter is tiny too but she was a bigger baby. Ugh I hope meeting her will take all my gd away. Trying to enjoy my last 6 weeks. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

[nuthinbutpink]

Boys can be small too! I hope it's your boy!

[CdinGA]

I hope so. My hubby is 6' and he was a 10lb baby so I am not very hopeful at this point. But it did seem that baby had absolutely no room so maybe it's long.

[LilithWiser1979]

The size of your baby has NOTHING to do with gender. DS1 was less than 7 lbs, and DS2 was almost 9 lbs. The difference? Their genetics, and the fact that I ate super healthy and paleo with DS2, and pretty much ate whatever I wanted with DS1. I know a woman who had 2 boys (not twins) who were 5 lbs and a few ounces each, and then an almost 10 lb girl for her third. All kids had the same dad.

It is good that you're preparing yourself to hear girl, because that may still happen, but not for the reason you're worried about

[CdinGA]

Thank you for your understanding and answers!

[Abifasc]

You're only 32 weeks...baby has A LOT of time to grow!!! And size means nothing. This
Ate in your pregnancy it will be off 1-2lbs either way. My boys were 7lbs and over 9lbs, born at the same gestation

[hotdogz&boyz]

Means NOTHING! My first son was the smallest of my babies and always measured the smallest in utero (he was pretty close to dates all the time, my second son was HUGE for dates, and my daughter was ahead by a few days each time). My babies are all born at similar gestations and they were 6.10 (DS1), 8.4 (DS2), and 7.0 (DD1). So, clearly my son was smaller than my daughter.

Additionally, my good friend had a team green baby with her third and she/her family was sure it was a girl that time (two boys already) because baby was measuring smaller than her other two. Nope, it was a boy, just a more petite one than her previous two sons.

Don't stress over this, it could be your little boy!

[sweetdream]

My first was the largest. Ds 2 the smallest. With 20wks they already told me he was gonna be small. And with 37 weeks the estemated him at 2700gr he was Born a little over 3kg.

It says nothing.

[WantingPink]

It means nothing. First of all weight isn't very accurate on ultrasound. My 32 week uls they told me my daughter was already 6 lbs and 7 weeks later she was born at 6 lbs 13 oz. Doubt she only gained 13 oz in 7 weeks. Secondly my boys were both born smaller and weighing less than my daughter. Being big or small in utero has little do to with gender and more about what is going on with your eating and your body and genetics (not gender).

[blackbekki]

Can I point out hopefully to make you feel better my first a boy was 7lb10oz at birth my daughter (stillborn at 41 weeks) was 8lb8oz and my rainbow a boy was 7lb3oz at birth so my dear small defo doesn't mean girl. Good luck and I really hope you get a dream boy as much as a get my dream girl with my 2nd rainbow addition xx