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... 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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care_free
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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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Larisa
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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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chrissy721
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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.
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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Alex12
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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.
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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Larisa
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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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mominashoe
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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.
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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??
