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Fetal Weight Calculator

Fetal Weight Calculator

See the average weight and length for each week of pregnancy.

Enter the first day of your last period and we'll show the average fetal weight and length for your current week, plus the full week-by-week chart from week 8, when there's enough there to measure, through week 42. These are population averages, not a measurement of your baby specifically, an ultrasound is the only way to get that.

Weights and lengths are averages from standard fetal growth references, individual babies vary quite a bit and still fall within a normal range. Length is measured crown to rump (head to bottom) through about week 20, when the legs are still curled up, then head to heel afterward, which is why the length jumps between those weeks rather than climbing smoothly.

The number this Fetal Weight Calculator gives you is an average, not a prediction about your specific baby. Here’s where that average actually comes from and why your baby doesn’t need to match it exactly to be perfectly healthy. Fetal Weight Calculator

Where These Numbers Come From

The weights and lengths behind this calculator come from published fetal growth references, the same kind ACOG walks through in How Your Fetus Grows During Pregnancy, built from large numbers of pregnancies rather than any one baby. They’re meant to describe what’s typical at each week, the same way a pediatric growth chart describes typical height and weight for a toddler’s age.

Why Two Babies At The Same Week Can Look So Different

Genetics, the parents’ own sizes, and even which pregnancy this is for you all play a role in where your baby lands on that range. If you’re not sure exactly which week you’re in, the pregnancy weekly calculator can help you confirm it against your last period before you compare numbers here. A baby tracking a bit above or below the average from week to week, consistently, is usually just their own normal growth curve rather than a sign of a problem.
 

What This Calculator Can’t Tell You

This tool works from your dates, the same ones behind our due date calculator, not from an actual measurement of your baby, so it can’t catch things like unusually fast or slow growth the way an ultrasound can. If your provider has ever mentioned monitoring your baby’s growth specifically, their ultrasound measurements are the number that matters, not this calculator.