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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My “measuring a perfect 7.5 lbs!” baby was born at 6lbs 3oz.  They really are astonishingly inaccurate considering how many decisions we make using them.

Petite people— I am one— have babies all the time without any trouble OP.  But. You’re fully entitled to a candid discussion with your doctor where you ask about the potential risk/benefits of a 39 week induction.  It’s a frustrating element of the prenatal care system but I have not found many doctors very forthcoming about various choices and options other than what they have always done (one doctor “hates” letting people go past 40 weeks, another is fine until 42 etc) it’s all very idiosyncratic.[/quote]

Two things.

Tiny women who happen to have stretchy connective tissue can birth huge babies. You can stretch. You won't know if that is you unless you try labor.

As for the variability in doctors, I feel like they can see one bad case in residency and that colors them for the rest of their career. It is also a personal taste for risk thing. Reproductive endocrinologists transfer embryos into 42 year old first time moms because a 4 week nicu stay is an ok outcome for them. If you're a doc that has low risk patients, that 4 week nicu stay can be the worst patient you had in years. [/quote]

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