How to fatten a Foetus???

Baby is at the 3kg mark as of yesterday. I am having my c-section on Monday so we will see what the true weight is as I know the weight on the scans is only an estimate.

My midwife says I must take the berry elexir from this weekend to help with the sugar issue. Lets see how it goes.

I also had 2 small babies, both around 2.9kg and neither had / have any health issues. BUt I do seem to remember that they "stopped" growing For a while and then suddenly my belly popped out, I REALLY looked pregnant a week before they were born, both via C-section, so both 2 weeks before the actual due date.

The sugar problems could also be genetic, but that is pure speculation from my side. I know my mother had gestational diabeties (I think that is what it is called), so both my gyneas monitored MY sugar levels pretty closely

My baby was also small. 2.83kgs. But she was always a little smaller than her due date in the womb even though we had early implantation.
Her growth started slowing down in the end too, and at one point it stagnated, where her size was 2 weeks behind due date. Because of this, and low levels of amniotic fluid, my gynae advised us to do a c/sec at 38weeks instead of waiting longer - i had always requested we wait till as close to due date as possible.
But looking at her now, she is still petite in size, and her paed and cardiologist aren't in the least concerned as she eats well, is active, developing well etc.
Looks like small babies are in the genes for you too.
I'd rather have a 3kg baby than a 4kg baby!

My daughter was born 8 days before her due date weighting in at 2.6kg - nothing wrong with her sugar levels. I don't think you can fatten your baby whilst pregnant, you might just fatten yourself . Just eat healthy and maybe ask for c-section to be done closer to your due date.

Hi Juandre - Why don't you ask your gynae to postpone your caesar date a little, giving your baby a bit longer to grow naturally? Ask if you can't wait until your due date? Also remember that these weights are very much estimates. I carried to nearly 42 weeks, and my last estimate was 4.2kg, and my baby only weighed 3.56kg when she was born. My gynae was very suprised that my baby was so much smaller.

I saw my gynae on Wednesday and baby is between 2.3 and 2.4kg's. Doctor said that at my c-section date (13th March) baby will be about 2.9kg's. Now I was really hoping for more than this. Until about a month ago baby was big for the gestation, and then in this last month seems to have slowed down. I have been very stressed and was in hospital for 4 nights last week just to rest . But dr says the blood flow and placenta looks good so problems there.

My first daughter was born at 38 weeks weighing 2.94kgs (different dad). My second was born at 36 weeks weighing 2.87kg's (same dad and current Foetus) so I expected that if this baby made it to his/ her c-sec date baby would be over 3 kgs.
Both my girls had to stay an extra night in hospital as their sugars would not stabilise and I have a very cautious Paed. Having asked around it seems that this sugar problem was due to them being small.

I checked on google for foods to fatten the foetus and saw people recommend lots of protein and Ensure Shake. Does anyone else have any suggestions- if baby stays put I have 17 days to fatten him or her up.