Just letting you know Holly arrived home on Monday. She is doing well with weight gain and at this stage just sleeps and eats. I have to wake her for all her feeds but I'm assured she will wake up to the world in the next couple of weeks. She is acting like a typical 37wk baby that is small.
Just an update from my side. I had another ultrasound today to check on the growth. I am 31 weeks now. The baby's head is measuring at 32 weeks and tbe legs and abdomen are measuring small at 29 weeks! What does this mean? I hope they catch up. The doctor wasn't concerned and is not scanning me for another 4 weeks. The cord flow is still good so hopefully that continues. He estimated the weight to be a little over 1.5kg. Did you ever have a discrepancy like this? The head seems to measure in the 80th percentile and the rest measures in the 30th percentile.
Big Hugs! I went through all this during my pregnancy to dd. As my obstetrician explained it, a low PAPP-A is associated of slow growth but this doesn't always happen. I ended up getting an amnio, and in the counseling prior to the procedure the nurse said some women get a low papp-a for no identifiable reason. Everything ended up being fine and dd was delivered a week early (her choice not mine) weighing in at 2.956kg. Its hard not to worry, but a low papp-a sometimes means nothing.
Stellasmum - We are all doing very well. Holly is putting on some good weight now which is a great relief. I'm now fully breast feeding her - with the help of a nipple shield coz she still won't open her mouth for feeds but the nipple shield means I can get the nipple into her mouth and then she will suck. She is still very sleepy so I'm waking her every 4hrs for feeds - she would just continue to sleep. So at the moment it is all quite cruisey - I feed her put her back in her bassinette where she falls asleep herself and then I don't hear from her until I wake her for the next feed. I'm sure things will change at some point and she will get demanding.
Pleased to hear you are now at 31 wks. From what my OB told me a larger head measurement than the body meant it was a sign the placenta was not functioning as it should. If growth is being restricted in any way the body will direct growth to the brain (very untechnical but something like that, brain gets priority over all other body parts), hence the head being bigger. But if you are not having another scan for 4wks everything else must be looking good. Are you seeing your Dr before 4wks? My Dr sometimes didn't order a scan but I saw him and then if he had concerns would order another scan.
It wasn't until the last week where we had a discrepency with the measurements - generally she was just small all over. She sat at the 10th% most of pregnancy (from 24wks). The last scan she was in the 2nd%.
Bridee, how is Holly going now? Hope she is feeding well and you are both happy.
I'm having another scan tomorrow so I'm really hoping that the baby has made some good growth. The doctor has bought the scan a week early, only because he is going away for a week in the school holidays. I'll be glad to see her again anyway! I will post an update tomorrow. I looked into the problem of growth restriction that is 'head sparing'. It sounded very familiar to me, but the doctor hasn't mentioned it so I guess i will have to trust him! I'll be 34 weeks on Wednesday so it's certainly getting closer!
Friends of mine had their pregnancy monitored by a lot of scans due to slow growth & they were getting told the head was too big as well. When bub arrived he was small but perfectly normal & all was in proportion.
I have been reading through your posts and have some hope...I just received my results last night. I don't know my exact #, but the doctor said I was in the 1% and not too clear about what it means- he just said we'll monitor you with more ultrasounds and this could indicate low birt weight, but he was not too clear. He also said not to worry, but how can you not when you have lower #s than 99% of the population. Obviously something is not right! After reading your stories I have more information and I thank you! I have to hope for the best. My 1st son was born with a cancerous tumor so I thought I had paid my dues- I guess this is test #2!
All the best Jackie. Holly is on the small side but is otherwise in good health . I really hope everything works out well for you and your family. Please feel free to ask any questions.
I have been reading this thread word for word and reading and sharing with hubbie thank you for all the updates, it gives us some hope.
I am 12 weeks pregnant had my nt scan last week was put back 1 week here are my measurements
nt thickness 1.1mm
hcg 1.590 mom
papp-a 0.282 mom
1 in 140 chance trisomy 21
We decided not to have any extra tests as any risk is to high for us, so we are going into this blind and in faith
is anyone going through this now?
i will be getting a closer scan for the 18 week scan but im so scared and nervous and have not told family as i dont know what this could mean. What did you say to family did you tell them how did you tell them? My family are all VERY far away and we dont see them so we dont want them to worry too.
Your results sound simalar to mine. Please be positive although I know this is hard. There seem to be several people who had low PAPP-A and their children did not have Trisomy 21. I did tell my family as I am very close to them and had to get it off my chest, although I feel it did worry them.
All the best for your pregnancy, please feel free to ask any questions.
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I met with a genetic counselor last week and she assured me that anything they do is a precaution and I should not worry. She said that a low Papp-a could be a flag but in her 19 years she had never seen any real correlation between the low score and major problems. It made me feel a little bit better. I have to go on Tuesday for 16 week blood work which adds to the nuchal for even more accuracy. It is so scary this time. I am so apprehensive to tell people that I'm even pregnant. I go back to work on Tuesday (I'm a teacher) and I don't even want to tell anyone there just in case. It's such a shame that such a happy thing should be so clouded!
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. I really hope everything works out well for you and your family. Please feel free to ask any questions.
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