Ready for next ultrasound - Cloth Diapers & Parenting Community

AngelElle · 02-27-2013, 08:22 PM

Almost 4 weeks ago we had an ultrasound on our baby. She measured teeny tiny- 3rd percentile. My dr said she wanted to do a follow up in 4 weeks to make sure she's growing enough. It has been the longest month ever. I've been eating extra protein and trying to lay on my left a lot and drink more. And of course reading too much! I feel like my stomach looks bigger and the kicks are stronger, and praying with all my might for good news Friday. Just needed to share

812ajack · 02-28-2013, 07:34 AM

Hoping all goes well for you

Sounds like the baby is moving around so I'm sure it will be fine

I'm always nervous before an US too but then you see the LO on screen and its all ok again

tinytushi · 03-01-2013, 09:21 AM

Any news yet?

AngelElle · 03-01-2013, 10:58 AM

Two more hours til the appointment... This is the longest day!

wrensmom · 03-01-2013, 03:25 PM

Hope you saw your sweet little girl by now and everything was fine!

AngelElle · 03-01-2013, 04:48 PM

Well the good news is she grew a lot- 8 oz to 1 lb, 1 oz in a month. Her ear to ear measurement is average but all others very tiny, 5th percentile to less than 3rd. Going to go to specialist Monday and will hopefully get some answers. They'll look at blood flow and do chromosomal tests. I go back and forth between thinking its disaster and thinking it will be fine.

AngelElle · 03-04-2013, 03:33 PM

How crazy is this?

Today we went to the perinatologist for yet another ultrasound, and they measured her just a little bit bigger, and she came in at the 15th percentile. Checked out her heart and brain and everything else and said she looks great. No indication of trisomies or anything. They'll see us back in a month and do some cord blood flow tests. Because she's still lower weight, if she drops in percentile, they'll have to look at a possible early delivery. I can so live with that!

MyM&W · 03-06-2013, 06:33 AM

Hope all turns out good. My baby measured 11oz at our 19+3 day scan. I was told that was above average. I was hoping for a smaller baby this time lol.

My dd was tiny during pregnancy and at birth and she's still tiny at almost 7. Some kids are just small framed

NavyMama · 03-06-2013, 10:41 AM

That's awesome news! Hopefully all works out fine. I've been highly skeptical of ultrasound weights after they told me while in labor I was probably gonna push out an 8lb baby. He was 6.7 when he came out. Not even close!

cheetah mommy · 03-06-2013, 01:30 PM

Think positive mama. I know it's hard (I worry a lot myself) but weights are off quite a bit from the ultrasound guess. I was told with DS#1 that I had a HUGE baby in there and needed to expect to deliver a 10-11lb baby. He was 7lbs 3.5oz. All the worry for nothing! They threw me into a panic when it came to delivery telling me before I pushed that it was going to take 4hrs. Within half hour he was out. I was upset.

I am glad to hear they did not find any "issues" must be a huge sigh of relief.

02-28-2013, 07:34 AM	#2
812ajack Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,434 Ratings: 67 Feedback: 100%	Re: Ready for next ultrasound Hoping all goes well for you Sounds like the baby is moving around so I'm sure it will be fine I'm always nervous before an US too but then you see the LO on screen and its all ok again __________________ Happily Married 1- DS age 9 DD's ages 6 and 7 a 3 yr old DD and my newby DD born 8-6-2011 and another girl! born 6-14-13

03-01-2013, 09:21 AM	#3
tinytushi Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 259 Ratings: 2 Feedback: 100%	Re: Ready for next ultrasound Any news yet?

03-01-2013, 03:25 PM	#5
wrensmom Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 175 Ratings: 1 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Ready for next ultrasound Hope you saw your sweet little girl by now and everything was fine! __________________ heather.... mom to wren 5.28.08... and z 11.13.10

03-04-2013, 03:33 PM	#7
AngelElle Registered Users Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 495 Ratings: 15 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	How crazy is this? Today we went to the perinatologist for yet another ultrasound, and they measured her just a little bit bigger, and she came in at the 15th percentile. Checked out her heart and brain and everything else and said she looks great. No indication of trisomies or anything. They'll see us back in a month and do some cord blood flow tests. Because she's still lower weight, if she drops in percentile, they'll have to look at a possible early delivery. I can so live with that! Last edited by AngelElle; 03-04-2013 at 09:33 PM.

03-06-2013, 06:33 AM	#8
MyM&W Registered Users Formerly: maddiesmommy0503 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine Posts: 6,461 Ratings: 84 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Hope all turns out good. My baby measured 11oz at our 19+3 day scan. I was told that was above average. I was hoping for a smaller baby this time lol. My dd was tiny during pregnancy and at birth and she's still tiny at almost 7. Some kids are just small framed __________________ Thank my Motorola Electrify for any random words. Ashley,wife to ChrisMama to Madison(7)Wyatt(4) and Natalie born June 18th 2013! and our little bean who's back with God Last edited by MyM&W; 03-06-2013 at 06:46 AM.