A friend of mine has a friend who is due soon and apparently the baby is now only 900 grams. Help me understand how this could be possible, bubs is healthy too.
Regards,
Dianne
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A friend of mine has a friend who is due soon and apparently the baby is now only 900 grams. Help me understand how this could be possible, bubs is healthy too.
Regards,
Dianne
doesn't make sense to me.
Sounds very odd. Have they checked the placenta, umbilical arteries, all blood flow and amniotic fluid levels?
That's very odd.
Whoa. Unbelievable. And they say bubs is healthy... ???
900grams?? That's insane. Id be getting a second opinion if I was your friend. Hugs and prayers are with you both xx
Hope all goes well with the birth and delivery. I pray it weighs more than 900g
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Either the scan is wrong, the dates are wrong or there's something wrong with the baby.
Has she been referred to a Fetal Medicine unit?
Or if she's reading a report on an u/s she's got a bad case of Dr's handwriting to contend with...and is missing the front digit.
So glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's odd. The girl has only moved here from interstate and has nothing at all for her baby and my friend is trying to help her get what she needs. The first thing I asked if bubs is ok and yes she said apparently fine. That weight is for a very prem baby, I just don't get it.
Regards,
Dianne
Maybe she means 9lb?
If it involves giving her money, I'd first suspect a con by a woman who hasnt done her research but I'm cynical like that.
Something is odd. Hopefully it's just a miscommunication.
Nai, she is specifically asking for prem clothing.
LB, my thoughts exactly.
Regards,
Dianne
Be careful Dianne.
Sounds a bit suss to me. :(
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Very strange, makes no sense to me at all.
Surely if the baby were that weight they would be hospitalising her and running a myriad of tests to see why bubs is so small?!
I to am cynical I smell a rat. Sorry D
A term baby at that weight just cannot be classed as 'healthy' and when have you ever, ever heard of a Dr who hasn't pushed the panic button when a 'small' baby is suspected? And usually it's over babies a lot bigger than this one. I would be very cautious and probably gently tell your friend that they should be careful as well. But that said, one of my cousins was born 10 days past dates and he was only 4lb 4 so it could very well be possible, but 900gm is a whole other issue.
Ok, apparently both her two children were prems, before they left WA blood flow through placenta had nearly stopped flowing altogether but hospital is telling her it's ok. Their first child was on "human fat". I added her on facebook, told her who I was and msg'd her telling her I wanted to help but didn't understand her situation. I was just told this by her partner.
Regards,
Dianne
Anything under 2.5kg is considered low birth weight. At 900g alarm bells would be going off and doctors would getting that baby out asap, especially if they couldn't see a reason.
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If the blood flow to the placenta was that severely compromised that it nearly stopped, then they would have delivered that baby right then and there. Either she is telling complete lies, or she has the worst care provider ever. And if you knew that your baby was compromised like that, you'd be putting up one hell of a song and dance to make sure they were well.
That is serious IUGR, I can not see that bub is 'healthy' at such a low weight.
I agree with loulabelle the doctors taking bub out ASAP at that weight.
Hopefully it is a misread or typo...if not I hope bub is ok.
My little man weighed that and he was born at 25 weeks...so that is extremely low for full term.
Completely agree, I msg'd back asking if she will deliver in Melb, I know for a fact Geelong send babies born before 34wks to Melb so a baby weighing 900grams is way below that gestation, the reply was that the hospital are thinking about it, that's why she is having scans and being tested 2 times a week.
Regards,
Dianne
Sounds peculiar to me.
Oh she wouldn't be delivering a geelong! She'd be going to the women's.
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really doesn't make any sense if you ask me ...
maybe she is having a primordial dwarf?? Its the only thing I can think of
I'm definately not getting involved, I've told my friend of my concerns but she seems to believe what's going on.
Regards,
Dianne
I agree with you being cautious, it does sound very suss!
No way would any care provider let woman whose baby was that small and placenta flow that bad leave the hospital let alone leav the state. Something is very off about this.
Scamorama.
No way is that true as a placenta that is that crappy will fail and baby will die if not delivered ASAP.
I am sorry your friend is caught up in this.
Yeah that to all the PP's... it does not ring true at all.
I wonder what the real story is, and what is in the mind of someone who perpetuates a story like that....
Yikes Dianne. This doesn't quite sound right I agree. Is she asking your friend for money? I half wonder if the small baby isn't a cover for a very small belly...
Diane, there is no way she would be allowed to still be pregnant ( I'm a midwife in geelong and know the obstetricians) and if a baby was that growth restricted a) it would have been delivered by now in a tertiary hospital and b) it probably wouldn't have survived that long
Sounds VEEERRRYYY dodgy, re the WA hospital telling her theres no blood flow through the pacenta and thats ok, and giving a baby human fat.
Either they have completely misinterpreted what they were told or they are speaking **** to get something out of people.
And she doesn't need premmie clothes or anything yet as the baby would be in the scn for months at that weight.
Steer clear!
There has obviously been a mistake somewhere or as the others have said, its a scam.
If a baby was 900g at full term and she's has had proper antenatal care, that baby would have been taken out AGES ago. Baby's who aren't thriving inside the womb have a better chance on the outside.
Sorry Dianne - but if you friend believes this rubbish then she is not a very smart woman. Firstly the bub is nearly full term.... therefore it cannot be Prem. There is no way a full term baby can weigh a tiny 900gms. How the hell does a 900gm nearly full term baby survive of "Human Fat" .... what the hell is that anyway, a 900gm baby would have NO fat stores.
If she is indeed nearly full term then there is no reason why she cannot give birth at geelong (they take babies over 34 weeks?).
I was prem at 34 weeks and mums placenta was nothing more than a shrivelled grey ball I was basically starving and I STILL weighed 6lb 10oz ...... :dunno:
My 24 weeker was 577gms - so This couple from WA either have their information COMPLETELY wrong OR they are scam artists and I smell a scam. If she already had premmie babies she would have stuff!
I'd be inclined to print this up for your friend to read, I think she is being had!
I'd encourage her to help out by being there to support these people BUT she should NOT invest any money whatsoever.
Nae x
I am getting 5 from a 1+1 sum, definately does not add up!
I agree, complete rubbish! With dd it was discovered at 36 weeks that my placenta had started to fail and bub had stopped growing. They sent me in for a c-section straight away, no wait and see, no scans each week. There's no way they would have let me go to full term when bub wasn't being fed! She was 2.8 kg at birth and HUNGRY poor little poppet!
900g is insane!! Sounds like a very cruel scam to me.
It's the cruelty of it that is upsetting me. It sounds like they are exploiting people using a sick baby sob story. I imagine it's upsetting to you too, seeing your friend being sucked in. Especially given your history. That's part of what is triggering me.
I still hope it's just miscommunication but it sounds dodgy. I wonder if they are scamming money and whether the police should be notified.
Sounds weird to me, Either they are misunderstanding what they are being told by the doctors, or it seems dodgy :(
How sad that there are people out there like this. I hope that there has been some sort of mix up and the story has been twisted by accident as it has been passed around. I hope they do infact have a happy healthy full term baby soon. Definitely sounds worthy of scam title to me.
When i had my lil man 10wks early there was a baby in the humidicrib next to my lil man that was born at 36wks and she was only 1100g the drs said it was IUGR and she now has autism shes a gorgeous lil girl my lil man and sophie went to the same preschool