Pregnancy Q and A Forum - Help -- Small Baby Head At 5 1/2 Months

My wife and I are expecting our first child, however we have a little scare happening to us right now and i'm hoping someone can help us or give us some advice.

Previously we have been in for quite a few ultrasounds and everything has been fine, our second to last one consisted of taking measurements of the baby's head, legs, arms, etc. To see how it's developing. The baby was not cooperating with us on this one and we couldn't get good shots of the spine, but everything else was fine. Because of this we had to go in after another 3-4 weeks to get better shots of the spine. So we did.

That next appointment happened yesterday and this time the radiologist said we got great shots of the spine. However later that night we received a call from my wife's "baby doctor" that said she had heard from the radiologist that the baby's head was smaller than normal and had to be monitored so to come back for another ultrasound in 3 weeks. Also she said that we may have to make arrangements to give birth at another hospital if it persisted. Everything else was fine, the placenta, blood flow, body, legs, etc. My wife was so upset she didn't ask any questions and told the Dr. Goodbye. So now we are trying to get a hold of her to get more answers but as you can tell we are very worried as to what this could be or what this means.

Sooooo, hopefully someone can help us. Some of our questions are below:

1. What does this mean? My wife does not drink, smoke, etc. And is making sure she is living a healthy life style for our child.

2. Is this something we should worry about?

3. Does this mean our child is handicap and if so what do we need to do to find out what is going on.

4. In 3-4 weeks at our next ultrasound will things have had the possibility for the head to catch up in development or will the head still be small?

5. If there is a problem why are they telling us to come back in 3-4 weeks for another ultrasound? Why not sooner?

6. Why would my wife have to go to another hospital for delivery? Could it be delivered premature and if so is that the reason?

7. If everything else in there looks "excellent" as far as baby development goes is this head thing something very minor?

8. Any other information/experiences/questions to ask, etc. Would be much appreciated.

I'm guessing that if the Dr. Called us last night something must be wrong that she isn't quite telling us yet, but we're not sure.

Thank you all!

Sincerely,
worried father
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