Measuring small
Ladies,
I need to be calmed. I just got back from the doctor and so while I'm not looking for medical opinions, I would like to some anecdotes; does anyone else have experience with this?
At the 20 week anomaly scan, our baby was measuring small. Everything else looked fine except they wanted to see a better shot of the spine and couldn't find the kidneys yet(fluid was fine, though). Well, I went back today so they could check all of that out. We got a better look at the spine and found the kidneys. However, she's still measuring extremely small. She's gained since last time at a "good pace" but she's in the 2ND percentile! I'm supposed to be 24 weeks. They questioned the dates for a while but the doctor said that the due date was based on the first ultrasound which is more accurate. He doesn't want to change the due date but just wants to keep making sure she's still gaining weight by more ultrasounds. My son was 8 lbs 9 oz when he was born and since then has always been bigger. I'm not sure how to handle this. The doctor says everything else looks normal but this is really bothering me. Could there be something wrong? Am I doing something wrong? Has anyone else had this happen?
Also... there was a difference when the tech was measuring her head v. her legs and things like that. She didn't point this out to me but I was noticing it on the screen. Her head was showing up 23 weeks and legs were like 21 weeks. What's up with that?
I need to be calmed. I just got back from the doctor and so while I'm not looking for medical opinions, I would like to some anecdotes; does anyone else have experience with this?
At the 20 week anomaly scan, our baby was measuring small. Everything else looked fine except they wanted to see a better shot of the spine and couldn't find the kidneys yet(fluid was fine, though). Well, I went back today so they could check all of that out. We got a better look at the spine and found the kidneys. However, she's still measuring extremely small. She's gained since last time at a "good pace" but she's in the 2ND percentile! I'm supposed to be 24 weeks. They questioned the dates for a while but the doctor said that the due date was based on the first ultrasound which is more accurate. He doesn't want to change the due date but just wants to keep making sure she's still gaining weight by more ultrasounds. My son was 8 lbs 9 oz when he was born and since then has always been bigger. I'm not sure how to handle this. The doctor says everything else looks normal but this is really bothering me. Could there be something wrong? Am I doing something wrong? Has anyone else had this happen?
Also... there was a difference when the tech was measuring her head v. her legs and things like that. She didn't point this out to me but I was noticing it on the screen. Her head was showing up 23 weeks and legs were like 21 weeks. What's up with that?