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I'm 28 weeks but measuring 31 what could this mean? i don't have diabetes and its my 3rd baby

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Dr. Richard Pollard answered

Specializes in Anesthesiology

See below: This could be many things. You might have got the dates wrong, in which case the baby is further along than you think. Subsequent children in a pregnancy tend to be bigger than the child before it. If you do not have gestational diabetes this is probably not something to worry about.

Answered 4/24/2015

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