Re: worried...off topic kind of....pregnancy chat

[Guest guest]

- I am sorry I am writing late, but haven't been able to

get on line much. I can feel your nervousness through email, and

this is when I wished we all lived closer! We could go out for a

cup of tea or something.

Level 2 ultraounds are the best way -- you may have already had it

done? Ask the technician to measure her head AND her femurs. They

will compare the two against gestational age. The good news is that

third-trimester IUGR (growth slowdown) is often more related to

something in-utero like a placenta problem or other stuff, versus

more of an RSS/genetic IUGR situation which is often detected in the

first trimester when measurements are already off from when Mom

knows she got pregnant. When I say " good news " , from what I have

read, most of the late trimester IUGR kids will experience catch-up

growth once they are outside the uterus. Am I making any sense???

So day by day. Please keep us posted. You are in our thoughts and

prayers.

> > > Hi everyone. I'm a little nervous now, ok, very nervous. I am

> > > pregnant with my 4th child, a little girl, and everything has

gone

> > > well until now, it is exactly what happend with Autumn. I

went for

> > > my check up today, I am 30.5 weeks and last check up at 26.5

weeks

> > I

> > > was measuring 27. Today I go in and first she feels the

outside

> > and

> > > I could tell by the look on her face she wasn't too pleased,

then

> > she

> > > measured and kept getting 25 cm. She saw the last report of

27 and

> > > said it can be off a little due to different people measuring

at

> > > different visits and maybe if the baby was in different

positions

> > she

> > > could possibly get a 27, maybe.hmm, she doesnt know....still

didn't

> > > add up...(I was prepared for this, I learned how to measure

myself

> > > with Autumn's pregnancy...I had just hoped I was wrong.) Now

I am

> > > being sent to a specialist at the 'best' place for a level 2

> > > ultrasound (don't know what that means)

> > > She said that outer uterine measurments are the least accurate

way

> > to

> > > determine IUGR, and I understand that, except it was the most

> > > accurate with Autumn! They did (different doc) an ultrasound

with

> > > her that said all was well and she was good size, then turns

out it

> > > was wrong, and the measurements should not have been ignored

(32 cm

> > > for the last 7 weeks)

> > > I am just very worried now. I look very small like I did with

> > > Autumn, everything is eerily the same, everything is exactly

how I

> > > was with her. Please don't get me wrong, I am not concerned

with

> > > RSS/SGA, it's the whole " what is wrong inside that is causing

this

> > > and can it harm my baby " and basically what is going on?!?

> > > I will get a call tomorrow with the ultrasound date, within a

week,

> > > and I am hoping all is well?!? Can I even trust it?

Apparently

> > > level 2 is a better ultrasound? My first 2 were 7 11 and 19.5

> > inches

> > > then 7 14 and 21.25 inches, then came Autumn at 5 6 18.5

inches but

> > > the docs feel she has RSS so that explains it, so then what is

> > going

> > > on now?

> > > I am sorry for my ramblings..anyone been through this?

> > >

> > >

> > > mom to Autumn 16 mos RSS, baby girl due in July, Ocean almost

3,

> > Skye

> > > 6.75

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