bloominroses: thanks for the reply. My OB was the one who mentioned the chance that i will have a low birth weight baby, but again he didnt seem to be concerned about this, it wasnt until i looked this up on BB that i found more people with the same thing all saying that their little ones were born smaller than average.

i am now, after reading the threads, going to ask my OB for a growth scan (as he hasnt mentioned this is something that will be done) and hopefully he takes my concerns seriously and not brush them off. He has been a great OB so far and i have no doubt he will be ok with me going for the scan.
I would rather be prepared and ready for anything that may happen if i have the knowledge up front.

kaib: thank you for your post im sorry to hear about your difficult pregnancy but happy to hear that your little one is doing fine. Your post has encouraged me to get a growth scan done to make sure my little one is growing on track. I just wish Ob's and midwifes were more proactive about things like this and not brush them off.

i will post back to let everyone know how i go with the growth scan

thanks again to all who have posted on this thread