Growth scan

Yep I was referred for one or two growth scans and then birthed an 8lb4oz baby - my biggest!! LOL It was quite nice to have another glimpse of baby before the big day.

Yep, They just do the same at the 20 week one.

I had the 4D done at 28 weeks & things were on track, MW still sent me for a growth scan at 34 weeks & he was still bang on, they gave an estimate as well of what they expected him to be full term which was 7lb 4oz, 1 week early & he was 6 lb 11oz.

I had another scan at 37 weeks & that was to check the cord & the fluid levels & he still measure on track although I was only measuring about 34 weeks at that point.

I was like you & had had my first child a fair while ago, I reckon our bodies have not done the automatic sag that happens usually with your second pregnancy. Do you think you are about the same as you were with Caitlyn?

I had this with Alexandria. In our case sge was measuring small from about 30 weeks. We had a scan every 2 weeks for a while. She was fine. 6.5lbs which is about what I was when I was born.

A lot of things come into this. Sometimes it's just how baby is lying inside that means the measurements are bigger or smaller. Also the lady who did the growth scan on Alex told me when I asked about the average size of babies in New Zealand that they are not split out into ethnic groups. She said that there can be a big difference between ethnicities. I am not huge and neither is DH so it stands to reason that our child won't be huge either.

One thing to let you know about. The reason they check these things out is that if baby is measuring small (below average) in the scan then you might have to rest. I was put on half days at work from about 6 weeks from her due date and had to lie on the couch at home each afternoon to rest. The reason is because they worry that the placenta might not be working so well so they give you a good chance to send nutrients to the baby. Also they induced Alexandria on her due date as they didn't want me to go over due to the same reason.

If you want to talk more about it let me know. Been there and done that!

Kelly, on most mw's tape measures they have cm on one side and "weeks" on the other. While most women seem to track 1cm/week, some women carry smaller and need the measurement on the other side. I found this out when I had a change of mw - I need the "weeks" side not the cm's and then I follow it bang on. I know that by about 30-35weeks it is 2cm different so I suspect the same for you.

I was measuring 2-4 weeks behind the whole third trimester. The mw never seemed worried although I thought it was unusual as I knew Keira wasnt a small baby.

In the end I gave birth to a healthy 9lb 6ozer much to everyones surprise

 

 

Hope all this sets your mind at rest Kelly. Enjoy your scan. You get to see bubba again.

I had this with my first DD - MW sent me for three additonal scans and an appointment with obsterician and everything was fine each time. I was only about 2cm out also. The last scan turned out to be the day before she was born (she was three weeks early) and she was over 8lb! I am very tall (178cm) and was slender (at the time of my first pregnancy) and the obsterician's opinion seemed to be that my body type just meant I had a smaller bump. I never understood why my MW continued to be so concerned. She never regularly weighed me but seemed quite fixated on the size of the bump! Ultrasounds are not risky though so better safe than sorry I guess.

With Elle, my fundal height (??? is that what it is called??) was always really low and never got u pto where it should be. I ended up having several growth scans but Elle's growth was perfect...she was just the size she was meant to be. I also carried very low so her head was right down in my pelvis from quite early on which made things look an feel smaller. I really wouldn't worry :)

Thanks heaps guys ,I feel much better now , will still go for the scan (cos I get to see him again hehe ) but not as worried as I was .
Course I'll worry a tiny bit, .....im a mother after all, its what we do !
But its not stressing me out like it was

My MW was concerned Jett was small at about 30 weeks (she thought he was only measuring about 26 weeks!!) and I was having a scan at 32  weeks anyway to check the placenta had moved away from the cervix, so they checked his size then and they said he definitely wasn't small.  He came on his due date weighing 8lb 11oz.

 

Hope the scan goes well and bubs is just teasing your MW.