low estimated fetal weight
Hi all
Yesterday i had my 3rd growth scan and the consultant said to me that the babys estimated fetal weight is now a cause for concern, its 4lb 1oz and im 35 + 4. also his abdominal circumference and femur length are well below average!
i have another scan booked for 2 weeks as they said they now need to keep a close eye on me!! and that all my maternity care will now be dealt with through them!!
i am so worried now but am i worrying to much???
what will happen if he stays small??
has anyone else been in the same situation??
tina
35 + 4
Yesterday i had my 3rd growth scan and the consultant said to me that the babys estimated fetal weight is now a cause for concern, its 4lb 1oz and im 35 + 4. also his abdominal circumference and femur length are well below average!
i have another scan booked for 2 weeks as they said they now need to keep a close eye on me!! and that all my maternity care will now be dealt with through them!!
i am so worried now but am i worrying to much???
what will happen if he stays small??
has anyone else been in the same situation??
tina
35 + 4
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Good luck for the last 4 weeks x
my dd stopped growing at 35 weeks. She was born at 38+3 weighing 5lbs 3oz. Because she was small they had to keep a close eye on her and monitor her blood sugar levels but she was fine and perfectly healthy. Just make sure you have lots of tiny baby clothes ready lol cos even they drowned my dd!!
xx
I went 5 days over and baby weighed 5lb 7oz and after i'd had him they asked me if i'd got my dates wrong and could I be early!!!! No I didn't get my bloody dates wrong!!!
I went through the same thing. From my 22 week scan they saw my baby was not growing very well. It's called IGUR.
At 35 weeks they had to take him out as he;d stopped growing. They estimated he would be 4lbs but he was actually 3lb 8oz. he was completely fine, needed no oxygen and scored 9 on the AGPAR. But he did need to go to special care unit as so little. Stayed there for 5 days as needed to be fed down a tube as stomach so little.
Try not to worry too much. They will keep a close eye on you. You've got to 35 weeks now. Just means he may be a little one!
Try not to worry, at least they are keeping a close eye on you and LO. Good luck x
My daughter was noted as being very small from 20 weeks onwards. In the end we had several growth scans between then and 34 weeks. Her AC and FL were always the smallest measurements. After several scans they decided that she was probably 'just small' but healthy. And turns out she was! She did arrive a month early too (so a bit of a double whammy) but weighed in at 4lb 11oz at birth and was perfectly fine. She only spent 24 hours in an incubator and we came home after 3 days in hospital.
But I understand how worried you are - hubby and I worried SO much about whether she had a growth problem or not. But I just wanted you to know that sometimes that's just the way they are and it's nothing to do with having a problem )
She is still VERY small - only around 11lb at 5months and is right on the bottom of the scale for both length and weight but she's healthy and growing so that's all that matters )
Good luck.
Love NN and Olyvia xxx
Try not to worry. Even if the scans are correct you are in good hands and to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Good luck with your labour/birth!
C
Adam was estimated to weigh about 5lbs but was born weighing 9lb!!
xx