Anyone having regular growth scans due to risk of IUGR?

[Marie131]

Great news, Leeanne!

I had my appointments today, everything still looks good. 2 weeks of growth, dopplers good, baby weighing 670g, bowel is stable (and maybe improving?). Today the doctor discussed the possibility of this all being caused by borderline PIH and placenta function (my blood tests for placenta function came back borderline). It seems they have many theories, but this is the one they were running with today. I suppose we won't know for sure until after the birth. We did blood work for pre-e. We also discussed delivery timing, which absolutely scares me as they are talking sooner rather than later (although in no case imminent). We are doing an NICU tour at my next appointment. Appointments are going to start getting busy now, which is going to make things tough for me to find babysitting. But at the moment things are looking good

 

[NervousMommy]

Thats great news Leanne and Marie131!

Seeing these positive news gives me some hope.

 

[leeann1002]

Great news, Leeanne!

I had my appointments today, everything still looks good. 2 weeks of growth, dopplers good, baby weighing 670g, bowel is stable (and maybe improving?). Today the doctor discussed the possibility of this all being caused by borderline PIH and placenta function (my blood tests for placenta function came back borderline). It seems they have many theories, but this is the one they were running with today. I suppose we won't know for sure until after the birth. We did blood work for pre-e. We also discussed delivery timing, which absolutely scares me as they are talking sooner rather than later (although in no case imminent). We are doing an NICU tour at my next appointment. Appointments are going to start getting busy now, which is going to make things tough for me to find babysitting. But at the moment things are looking good

Glad everything is looking good, I've got everything crossed 4 everyone in this thread xx

 

[vixxen]

Good news Marie

Babys growth scan showed good growth yesterday she is now estimated to be around 5lb 7ozs her legs and arms still on the 5th percentile though
The consultants are now talking deliverly from 37 weeks, can't wait for it to all be over now though as the flow has gone bad again they said it could go absent a whole week till it becomes an emergency.
My blood pressure is creeping up too and i had ++ protein in water oh well 2 weeks aint long now just wish time would go a little quicker!

 

[Marie131]

Wow, vixxen. You are 35 weeks and could go to 37??? That is AWESOME!! Especially considering they were preparing you for delivery at 24 weeks!! That is great news

 

[vixxen]

I know i can't believe it myself lol can't wait for it to all be over now though!
Doctors don't know everything my body is so proving them wrong

 

[nchris]

Great news Marie! Hopefully you can make it to term

Vixxen, 5lbs 7 at 35 weeks seems massive to me! I mean really, what the hell do they want? How can that weight be 5th percentile? It seems you're heading for at least a 7 and half pounder doesn't it? Or is it less the weight, more the placenta that's the issue?

Anyway, glad things are looking a bit better for you both. I have my next growth scan on Tuesday when I'll be 36 + 1 so fingers crossed! xxx

 

[vixxen]

The 5th percentile is the length of the arms and legs lol.
The blood flow via placenta is the issue mainly, as this is what they call brain sparing as the flow is going to the main areas and not on the growth of less important areas.
My babies are normally estimated to be around 6lbs at this stage!

 

[kelly6407]

Hello every1

I've got my 28weeks growth scan tomorrow (I'll be 27+4)

But I'm feeling hopeful and positive that everything is ok, my baby is still moving and kicking, whereas his sister had stopped moving at this stage. Because her cord etc had stopped working and doing its job she had stopped growing already for a few weeks at this point, hence why she hadn't moved, conserving her energy.

But this little boy has been very active and dancing around a lot so I feel he's still growing and the cord is still working.

Will find out tomorrow though, scan is at 11am so sort of early in the day.

Will find out then the next steps, they have just gave me appointments and scans till now since my last baby was born at 28w they haven't planned anything for after this time. So will see what the outlook is like for the rest of the pregnancy, as in more scans and how frequent my appointments will be.

Also get to see what my blood pressure is like tomorrow, it's been slightly high so far so hoping that hasn't increased at all.

Will update tomorrow with good news hopefully

 

[vixxen]

Good luck Kelly

 

[Marie131]

Good luck, Kelly! It looks like we are due at about the same time

 

[kelly6407]

Yeah Marie, a day apart

Update...
Baby is growing perfect, he's slap bang in the middle of the charts so there's no concern over his growing so next scan is in 4weeks time.
Cord flow and fluid levels r all good too.

My bp is still slightly high but my urine is now clear, they just want to keep an eye on my bp so getting that checked 2 weekly.

So all is good!!!!
Looking at a normal sized full term baby hopefully!

 

[Marie131]

That is fantastic news

 

[nchris]

Congrats Kelly on your great news!

So Vixxen, you're having babba next week? It sounds like baby won't be low birth weight so thats good news at least. Good luck with that and fingers crossed!

I had my last growth scan on Tuesday at 36+1 weeks. Growth wasn't the best. Baby had put on a pound in 3 weeks whereas the time before it was a pound in 2 weeks, so it seems like his growth is slowing down . He was estimated to weigh just 4 pounds 8 so now they're bringing me in at 38 weeks to break my waters and hopefully labour will start on it's own because if not, I have to have a c-section due to having a previous one with my first child 11 years ago. They apparently don't like to use medicine to induce after a previous c-sec. My argument is, bring me in for another scan in two weeks before trying to break my waters. If baby's growth is still bad, fair enough and try to get things moving. If by some miracle he's had another growth spurt, then let me get to 40 weeks. I really don't want to bring him out in two weeks as he'll be low birth weight for sure. But then again, I don't want him staying inside if he's not growing. The thing is, he moves so much and all his CTGs are perfect. Blood flow from the placenta seems perfect too. My other two babies were just small and healthy. I only made it to 40 weeks, well near enough, once and he was 6lbs but perfect. I really want that to be the case again.

How accurate do you think these growth scans are for efw? I mean, 4lbs 8 seems so small for my gestation but he feels so much bigger . And do you think that trying to get more protein in my diet might help things? I feel so helpless and hate my body for letting me down again! xx

 

[nchris]

Marie, any updates your way? x

 

[Marie131]

Nchris. How big were your other babies? Is it possible that your babe is just small and not growth restricted? It sounds like your wee one is doing well in there.

I don't have much of an update, I see MFM again on Tuesday. I've been seeing them biweekly, but after this next appointment I'll be going in weekly or more if growth has started slowing down (which I have a feeling that it hasn't yet, hopefully it's not wishful thinking!). I saw my m/w yesterday and everything was good. I passed my GD test, my iron levels are good, my fundus only measured 2 weeks behind. My BP has gone up slightly and I may have had a trace of protein in my urine. I don't think my BP was super bad or anything (140/78), but my m/w seemed a bit uneasy and was glad that I'm seeing MFM next week.

 

[vixxen]

Hello ladies!
nchris efw arn't always so accurate and can be a lb either side of the estimate.
Marie hopefully your blood pressure will remain stable and protein will stay away!
Well my scan didnt go well today flow is worse and baby didnt pass the ctg trace
Induction booked for next wed, hopefully baby will be a good weight and healthy though am so scared they will whip her straight off to the neo natal unit i know they have to check her out but thats whats scaring me at the moment !

 

[Marie131]

Yay Vixxen (for the induction date set, not so yay about the flow issues). How much do they estimate baby to weigh?

 

[vixxen]

5lb 7 at last growth scan which will be 2 weeks from induction date so hopefully she will be over 6lbs anyway
Though i think i know why her growth has been ok even with the problems,they have now found i've been leaking glucose into my water.Maybe they should have done another gtt to check for diabetes havent had it done since 25 weeks!
(diabetes and polyhydramnious last pregnancy)

 

[Hellylou]

Vixxen, I'm being induced on 23rd August due to my kidney issues, although growth scans have all been good. Baby is on 50th centile for all measurements but slightly above for abdominal so I'm hoping for a good healthy weight also. Scary times!

Wishing you the best of luck for Wednesday. I'll be right behind you! I am also getting a sweep on Tues to try to get things ready.