Hey mamas!
When I was pregnant w/Audrey, on another forum a woman posted a excel spreadsheet that had a bunch of formulas embedded in it that functioned as a birthweight calculator. Her husband was a statistician and he had assembled it using formulas derived from some OB/GYN papers that were exploring the connections btwn maternal nutrition and birthweight.
I've used it to calculate several pregnancies (all of mine and a few of my IRL friends) and it's been accurate w/n about 7 oz for everyone I've run it on. But, it's been a really small sample and I've always been curious as to how accurate it really is.
So, I thought it might be fun to make some predictions and check the actual stats against the calculator.
If you're interested, I need the following info to run the program. (If you want a copy of the file, PM me your email addy and I'll forward it to you!)
Height:
Weight at 26 weeks:
Weight at delivery (or current weight):
Due Date:
Delivery Date (if you haven't delivered, I'll just plug in today's date):
Number of previous births:
I'll post the results to the thread and keep an updated list comparing predictions to actual in the first post....
This is intended just to be for fun!! We all know that our bodies grow babes differently and perfectly for us!
Results: Estimate, Actual, Discrepancy
Kylahroo E: 8.84 lbs A: 9.94 lbs D: -1.1 lb
MamaJava E: 9.13 lbs A: 7.63 lbs D: +1.5 lb
BirthFree E: 8.06 A: 9.06 lbs D: -1.0 lb
When I was pregnant w/Audrey, on another forum a woman posted a excel spreadsheet that had a bunch of formulas embedded in it that functioned as a birthweight calculator. Her husband was a statistician and he had assembled it using formulas derived from some OB/GYN papers that were exploring the connections btwn maternal nutrition and birthweight.
I've used it to calculate several pregnancies (all of mine and a few of my IRL friends) and it's been accurate w/n about 7 oz for everyone I've run it on. But, it's been a really small sample and I've always been curious as to how accurate it really is.
So, I thought it might be fun to make some predictions and check the actual stats against the calculator.
If you're interested, I need the following info to run the program. (If you want a copy of the file, PM me your email addy and I'll forward it to you!)
Height:
Weight at 26 weeks:
Weight at delivery (or current weight):
Due Date:
Delivery Date (if you haven't delivered, I'll just plug in today's date):
Number of previous births:
I'll post the results to the thread and keep an updated list comparing predictions to actual in the first post....
This is intended just to be for fun!! We all know that our bodies grow babes differently and perfectly for us! Results: Estimate, Actual, Discrepancy
Kylahroo E: 8.84 lbs A: 9.94 lbs D: -1.1 lb
MamaJava E: 9.13 lbs A: 7.63 lbs D: +1.5 lb
BirthFree E: 8.06 A: 9.06 lbs D: -1.0 lb
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