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  1. February 2nd, 2011, 07:34 AM #1
    Charlotte91
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    3rd centile??

    Hey,

    Was looking back at my last ultrasound (4 days before bubby was born) and it says that she was on the 3rd centile.

    What does that mean, exactly?

    DD did have IUGR.

    Thanks!
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  2. February 2nd, 2011, 07:36 AM #2
    HotI
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    It means that if all the babies of that age/gestation were lined up, your bub was in the smallest 3%. So if there was 100 babies, yours would be 3rd smallest.
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  3. February 2nd, 2011, 07:44 AM #3
    Charlotte91
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    Cool, thanks!

    She was pretty tiny. 34+1 weeks and 1698 grams.
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  4. February 2nd, 2011, 07:48 AM #4
    ree
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    ha i just got told my lil man is in the 95 percentile think that was it huge anyway
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  5. February 2nd, 2011, 08:45 AM #5
    *Beema*
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    It means that if all the babies of that age/gestation were lined up, your bub was in the smallest 3%. So if there was 100 babies, yours would be 3rd smallest.
    :yeahthat:
    And IUGR bubs are at the 10%ile or less Or where there is significant inconsistent growth across the three measurements, BPD, HC and Femur Length.
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  6. February 2nd, 2011, 08:46 AM #6
    Charlotte91
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    She was on the 9th for a long time. Then the 7th. Then the 5th. Then the 3rd.
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  7. February 2nd, 2011, 08:50 AM #7
    Janie
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    What Beema said They take a few different measurements, and average them out to give an overall size to work out where bub is on the chart. For instance, my bubby had his head as 10th centile, but his abdominal and femur measurements were not on the charts, which brought his 'overall' size to about 5th centile (I think? It was almost a year ago LOL). Obviously there is way more to it than that, but that is a lay person's way of looking at it
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  8. February 2nd, 2011, 08:51 AM #8
    Janie
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    I'm guessing they elected to birth her at that point? A drop from 5th to 3rd would be concerning. Glad to hear she's here safe and sound
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  9. February 2nd, 2011, 08:57 AM #9
    Charlotte91
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    They had planned to do a C/S and were just doing the final growth scan a few days before it.

    I'm so glad that they did the C/S because I'm not sure if it was just nerves or if it was real, but DD barely moved the day before the C/S. They morning of the C/S i think I only felt her once or twice.

    She's perfect. 7 and half weeks and 2.5 kilos. :-)
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  10. February 2nd, 2011, 09:07 AM #10
    Janie
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    Sounds like it was good timing. So glad she's perfect. Of course, we would never wish it on them, but IUGR babies are soooooooo cute

    Do they know why she was IUGR?
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