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Larisa

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Posted: 03-25-08 21:58pm

I have post some of my 26wk ultrasound pictures on here not long ago and finally today I had my 27wks doctors appointment.
My doctor told me that my last U/s said that my baby girl was measuring at 24wks and the lady who performed my last U/s said that everything looked good and the baby was healthy.
Now my doctor wants for me to see a ultrasound specialist every 2-3weeks untill my due date so that they can keep track of my baby's growth.
I'm so sacred and concerned about my little girl... Crying
or Very sad I mean when I had my 21wk U/s she measured at exactly 21wks and now I go in for my 26wk u/s and they tell me that she is measuring at 24wks....what happened??

Please if any of you ladies had something like this happened to you, please share your stories with me...maybe that can put my mind and stress on ease.

Thank you all so much for reading this!
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Posted: 03-25-08 22:19pm

The later the scan, the less accurate the measurements. After 24 weeks measurements can be off as much as +/- 4 weeks.
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Posted: 03-26-08 00:05am

I didn't know that.
Thank you so much...I actually feel so much better!!!
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Posted: 03-26-08 06:19am

2 weeks doesn't sound like that much to be off to me. I don't know though. Your doctor is probably just wanting to be careful. I'm sure it's fine.
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Posted: 03-26-08 06:21am

I just posted something similar in october05_mommy's post, but my daughter measured small for most of my pregnancy, & by about 34 weeks she'd stopped growing in the womb. I was closely monitored until they induced me at 37 weeks. My little girl was small, but perfect.. she didn't even need oxygen. Try not to worry, I'm sure everything will be fine! =)
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Posted: 03-26-08 10:53am

I wouldn't worry too much. With my last pregnancy I was monitored very closely for other reasons and they said my son was only 4lbs and small for his age. I ended up delivering a few days later at 36wks(I know a little early)along and he was 6lbs and 19 inches long. Perfect as a button and didn't need oxygen or anything. Every baby is different and every child has a different body type! It is harder for them to get accurate readings later on because the babies are all scrunched up in the womb!
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Posted: 03-26-08 11:21am

Don't worry.

That happened to me. And my Dr actually changed my due date from Jan. 31, to Feb.12 and wanted to see me again in 4 weeks to do another u/s for measurments.

The next scan was on target with my Jan 31 EDD, but the Dr still has suspicions about my due date.

When she was born and FULL of vernix & how small she was(she was only 3oz bigger than my baby born at 37 weeks) , he automatically knew the due date was wrong. It was closer to Feb 12 than Jan 31.

Regardless, my baby was healthy!!!!

As long as it's not MORE than 4 weeks off...it's not so serious!

I hope this helps ya relax a lil!!

sarah
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Posted: 03-26-08 11:29am

If your daughter looks fine and healthy I don't understand why you would even need an ultrasound so often. That sounds a little fishy to me. Unless you are at high risk or the baby has some sort of defect that really needs monitoring, you shouldn't have a lot of ultra sounds because it isn't good for the baby's development, plus it's expensive!

Please read the info on this page and I put the relating part copied below:

Information on Prenatal Technologies

The process of getting information on a technology can be tricky so a couple of examples will be given to illustrate how to go about it. While pregnant it might be a good idea to test your skills at getting information on a technology and to see how willing the midwife, nurse or doctor is to provide full unbiased information.

It is likely a routine ultrasound scan will be suggested fairly early on in your pregnancy. This presents a perfect opportunity to ask a few questions. "What is the chance the scan will make things worse? Is such a scan safe?" If the answer is a flat "yes, ultrasound scanning during pregnancy is safe," alarm bells should start going off in your head because you are not getting the full information. You must then ask "Show me the data on the safety of prenatal ultrasound" in order to check on what you may be told about the data on the safety of prenatal ultrasound. As a scientist I can assure you that the only correct answer to your question is "We don't know because there is not sufficient scientific data to prove the safety of prenatal ultrasound." Some research has shown the possibility that ultrasound can cause slowed growth of the fetus while still in the uterus. Other research has shown the possibility that some children who have been scanned while still in the uterus may later have mild neurological deficits. We need more study of both these possibilities. But from a scientific viewpoint, it is impossible to say today that ultrasound scanning during pregnancy is perfectly safe.

The next question to ask when ultrasound scanning is proposed to you is "What is the chance that a scan will make things better?" When you are told that one reason for the scan is to look for defects in the fetus, ask: "What is the chance a defect will be correctly identified (true positive screening test) and what is the chance a defect will be incorrectly identified (false positive screening test)?" If your provider cannot or will not answer this question, watch out! Again so you can check on what you may be told, here is the best scientific data: If one hundred pregnancies are routinely screened with ultrasound to look for a defective fetus, two out of the hundred will have a true positive result (i.e. the scan says the fetus is defective and it truly is defective ) and one of the hundred will have a false positive result (i.e. the scan says the fetus is defective but it is not defective, it is a normal fetus). So if all women with a positive scan are offered therapeutic abortion, for every two defective fetuses aborted, one normal fetus will be aborted. How many women are told this before they are offered a routine prenatal ultrasound scan?

Your next question when ultrasound is suggested should be, "Is there a better chance my baby will survive the pregnancy and birth if an ultrasound scan is done, and what are the data?" The correct answer is that a large study in the United States of over fifteen thousand pregnant women showed no improvement in the mortality rate of the babies if ultrasound is routinely used during pregnancy.

One scientist published the following summary of the present state of the art on routine prenatal ultrasound scanning: "The casual observer might be forgiven for wondering why the medical profession is now involved in the wholesale examination of pregnant patients with machines emanating vastly different powers of energy which is not proven to be harmless to obtain information which is not proven to be of any clinical value by operators who are not certified as competent to perform the examinations." For all these reasons, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Radiology and the US Government's Preventive Services Task Force all recommend against routine ultrasound screening of low risk pregnancies. This is the type of unbiased, scientifically sound information you need to make informed choices about technology used on you during pregnancy.

http://www.childbirthsolution s.com/articles/pregnancy/techinbirth/index 2.php

And the above posters are right...the reliability does go down as the baby gets older...it's harder to tell thing with the ultrasound.
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Posted: 03-26-08 17:51pm

Thanks ladies for making me feel better!

I'm not at high risk. And there is nothing wrong with the baby, it's just they told me that she was measuring smaller...My blood presure been jumping around lately...like one day it will be 130/92 and other days it will be 118/82, so by doctor thinks this might cause the babys growth.
I also asked my doctor if there was anything wrong beside my baby being smaller and she said no...She said that everything looked healthy...I don't know why they want me to have so many ultrasounds...But I'm praying so that my little girl will be nice and healthy.
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Posted: 03-26-08 18:50pm

Yeah, I think you need to ask for fewer ultra sounds. Having high blood pressure or low pressure at different times isn't going to effect the baby. It probably means that you are just more active one time or another.....if it's higher, have them wait until the end of your visit after you've been sitting down for 5-10 minutes and see if that makes more sense. Some women just get higher blood pressure from rushing down to the office when they are late. You should ask your doctor to do it that way...

If you have higher blood pressure consistently, it could be something to worry about for the baby's sake. But if it's going up and down...it's not a medical problem, it's your activity level.

http://high bloodpressure.about.com/od/informationforw omen/tp/high-blood-pressure-pregnancy.htm< /a>
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Posted: 03-26-08 20:40pm

Thank you (mominashoe) I'll sure ask my doctor next time I see her.
thank you for being such a good help!!! :0)
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