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i was going to say exactly the same as Trillian. Given that your fist baby was short, this one probably is too. There are babies that fit in all percentiles, they can't all be spot on average, we need bigger and smaller to make up all those statistics.
Best of luck with your birth.
oh big hugs for you , im sure of it that she will be ok .. they would have mentioned something if it was not right ... unless they want their asses sued !!!
sound like you have petite babies and thats ok ..
ultrasounds are hard to get exact meaurements this far in the game.
i am so excited for you , you have been so strong throughout you pg, i can wait to hear about you lil lady xx
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IT frustrates me that they worry people so much. Last pregnancy I was sent off at 36 weeks for emergency u/s because the midwife though bub had shrunk back to 30-33 weeks..........so I panicked.
Had u/s they said bub had BIG tummy (what the) short legs and small head for what it should've been. so I worry Im having a turtle.
Anyway, she was born 3.3 kilos, 51cm (above average just )_ and totally normal. I am still upset that they caused so much worry.
Good luck, try to let it go and enjoy the rest of pregnancy xxoxox
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Don't stress. It just means she'll be short - 95 kids out of 100 will be taller than her - no need to worry.
I can't remember the exact percentile now as I've had so many percentiles thrown at me since then but his femur length was really low putting him in a very low percentile. Like you I started to worry. He was born short - 49cm. He's growing but still considered short for his weight and age. All his bodysuits legs are too long for him.
As for the weight I was told I'd probably have a 7 pound baby but they said it can go half a pound either way. Brock was born 7 pound 13 and needed assistance to get out due to shoulder distocia. When he grows out of clothes he grows out in the chest, not the legs like a lot of bubs do.
Try not to stress. She's just going to be a shorty. I know how hard that is. I was so surprised when they put Brock on my chest & he looked so normal. I was kinda expecting teeny tiny legs that didn't look right in relation to the rest of his body but he just looked completely normal and just like his dad - exactly what we expected from the 3D pics.
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You've been through so much with your pregnancy and you deserve a happy ending
Try and keep busy and your mind occupied on other things as hard as that is.... can't wait to hear your announcement soon!! Can't believe you are so nearly there!!
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Had u/s they said bub had BIG tummy (what the) short legs and small head for what it should've been. so I worry Im having a turtle.
How do they take anywhere near accurate measurements once the baby is way too big to be scanned whole? Don't worry, I'm sure everything is fine and your bubba is just petite. I agree with the others, if the doctors were concerned, you'd know about it.
Out of interest, how tall are you and your hubby?
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HI all and thankyou for all your wonderful support, I just dont know where I would be without it.
I wanted to give you all an update on how today went.
However firstly, I guess I am just so stressed out by this whole pgcy that when they bring something else back up it makes me wonder if everything really is ok with ym little girl, especially since the high risk result from the NT scan result. Also getting so close to having this little one, I just praying really hard that all this stress has been for nothing and that she is just petite and perfectly healthy in everyway. I was so dreading that u/s yesterday just because of what else would be thrown up to cause me to worry, which of course it did.
Anyway now for the update:
Well saw the Dr at the hospital today re: yesterdays scan. He wasnt impressed that DR's are still sending us to that particular u/s place as they tend to worry alot of us. He said that they are more interested in covering their rear. Anyway he pulled out a graph chart of his own and proceeded to mark each measurement down from the u/s yesterday and she is right in the middle of the bottom and middle lines on each graph, so he was happy about that. He said he isnt too concerned about how bubs is doing as all seems ok, but has booked me in for another u/s at the hospital Feto Maternal Unit to check how things are going. He also montiored the baby on CTG for around an hour and was very happy with her movement and HR. Yesterday the u/s place had her HR at 135bpm, which they found hard to believe as her HR today ranged between 145-170bpm today Mostly the 167bpm range. He said not to worry about bubs measurements with the femur length as she is more likely just going to be short, not tall. He also got onto the phone with bookings to change the c/s date to the 14th, so I can now expect to have bubs in another 11days time. A week from Tuesday. So I am pleased with how everything went today, he made it easier for me to get thru this long weekend. What even amazed me is that I was seen straight away today, I was lucky to have only waited 10minutes before I was seen.
Still have hospital appt on Tuesday, then Thursday U/S, then Tuesday c/s.
You know what was really nice, their is a midwife that I see every Tuesday and I spoke to her on the phone in the morning, she was the one that got me in today, the Dr had asked if she could put me on CTG, as soon as she saw me she gave me the biggest hug. How lovely was that??
I should mention also that the DR had said that if he was really worried he would have done the c/s today, in which case he wasnt too concerned.
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You women are just wonderful and I appreciate each and everyone of you with all my heart, thankyou for sharing and caring. Hugs HUgs and more hugs......
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That is such wonderful news! I am so glad you have a caring doctor and middy. It annoys me how some people in the medical profession stress us out for no reason!
Wow 11 days to go, can't wait to hear your announcement! Not long til you hold your precious and perfect little girl.
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I'm glad you're feeling a lot better about it all since your Ob visit today. And with the scans, they aren't an exact science either and are prone to user error, so if the sonographer was just a little bit out in where he took the measurement from, then it would have affected the actual measurement itself kwim? Plus her *guesstimated* weight was good, so she's going to be a short little dumpling to love
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That's great news. Not long to go now.
You know, I think it's your history that is causing all the worry. I was exactly the same. Every little thing that is out of the ordinary causes stress. It's because things have gone wrong before (and not just once) you just expect something to go wrong again, all the while hoping that it wont.
If you are like me you will probably worry right up to the very second you hear bubs cry and you get to see her. At least being a c/s you wont have the worry of a long labour like I had, I kept thinking bubs was dead each time they took ages to find his heartbeat with the doppler, yet he was alive and kicking & 100% normal.
Try to relax a little if you can between now and then. I hope the days go nice and quick for you so you can have her in your arms and say goodby to all those worries.
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