Hi All,

Background; Well DS suffered from Inter-uterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) and was born at 36 weeks and only 1.6kg (3lb 10oz)! We had growth scans from 28 weeks each fortnight to track his progress. He was born via emergency c-section due to fetal distress - without labor.

So this time I took Asprin to assist in the blood flow through the placenta to support this baby's growth. Seems to have worked (very) well. Baby is measuring on the 65th%. I am 6ft tall and of good weight. My family generally has bigger babies, my sisters biggest of her four was 5.5kg (12lb 8oz)!

My issue is I want a healthy baby and a VBAC delivery. My OB is concerned that this bub might get too big to try for a VBAC and so wants me to have another growth scan at 34 weeks.

Question; I think there would be good arguments against this ie estimates can be off etc. What I am looking for is any articles that show the discrepancies between growth estimates through scans and actual birth size. I want to show an informed argument that the scan is not accurate enough to make a birthing decision on. I have searched the main BB site and cant find anything.

Help???

Thanks,

Rachel