Anyone having regular growth scans due to risk of IUGR?

[Marie131]

Wow Crayz!! That is wonderful, congratulations!!!! How many weeks were you?

 

[Crayz]

Thanks ladies!

I was 34 weeks today. Went for a routine NST and Doppler like every Friday. They said the flow was compromised, and sent me to L&D to talk to my doctor who just happened to be on call.

He said, "Yeah, so you're going to have a baby today.."

And I'm all like, "Wait. No I'm not. I have red beans and rice in the crockpot. It's a new recipe and I've been looking forward to it since this morning."

But instead of red beans and rice and a relaxing night on the couch with hubs, I had a c-section 2 hours later. I'm very sore, but it's not unbearable as long as I don't move, lol.

Right now I'm going cross-eyed from the meds, so I need to sleep!

 

[vixxen]

Congrats! What a surprise hope you have quick recovery from the emcs!

 

[vixxen]

And hopefully only a short stay for baby in the NICU!

 

[peagarden]

Oh my goodness, that is a lovely surprise! Congrats Crayz, so pleased that LO seems to be doing so well, look after yourselvesxx

 

[kelly6407]

Aw congrats crayz!

Get some rest and I hope ur baby's nicu stay is short and sweet!


I had my 20week scan and baby is growing fine so far, it's a boy!!!

He's got long legs and big feet lol but I could tell that from the huge kicks I'm getting!

Got my next scan at 23+5 (24 week scan) I'm currently 21+1, so get to see him again and see if he's still growing fine and check the cord flow etc. it's my 28week scan I'm dreading most though, because my last baby was fine at the 24 week stage, it was after that she went downhill.

 

[vixxen]

I hope the next scan goes great too Kelly

 

[Crayz]

Thanks Ladies!

We had a scare there for a night where they heard a bad murmur and sent for a consult in Hawaii where the baby cardiologist is (I don't know the technical term, lol). 24 hours later they told us he didn't see anything too concerning. He would re-evaluate at a later time, but she'll probably outgrow it.

I had a heart murmur when I was born, as did my brother. We both outgrew them, so maybe it's just hereditary.

She's starting to feed a LITTLE bit on her own, but for the most part, she's totally not interested. It's like she'll do it for the NICU nurses, but not for me. All she wants to do when I hold her is fall asleep. Today I got to do the kangaroo care. OMG. I could have died. She is so precious. I fall in love with her more and more every minute of everyday. Anyways. Here are some shitty iPhone pics. The other pics are way too huge. I'd have to compress them, and I don't have the time right this second. I'm a hot mess in them, sorry!

 

[peagarden]

Aw bless,fab pics, glad u r all doing ok x

 

[vixxen]

They are loverly pics!

 

[Marie131]

Aww, what a precious little thing! Any idea how long she will need to stay in the NICU?

Kelly - Great news on your scan, hopefully things continue to go well

I got some blood work back on Friday, my genetic screen, baby is negative for T18 but positive for T21 (1:15 risk). We are totally relieved. I am absolutely fine with a down syndrome baby. I know she would have challenges and I know it would be very difficult having a special needs baby when I already have my hands full with 3 busy young boys, but I know we'd manage. I have a background working with special needs adults so I know I could handle the challenge, I also know that down syndrome people are truly amazing and happy people. I am sure I would learn so much about myself and about life that it would be a blessing in disguise. My peri warned me that things are complicated with the possible DS and baby's small size, she told me that I am at increased risk of stillbirth (which I already knew), but we are remaining hopeful. We will have a better idea of prognosis after my u/s next week. We will be doing a fetal echocardiogram then, hopefully it will show baby has a good strong heart and is growing!!!

 

[Jox]

aww wow, huge congratulations Crayz, your little girl is beautiful, did i miss her name?? so pleased she is here and being well looked after!!

Hope you are all ok!!

Im home today after 2 weeks in hosp. Im 37+2 now and todays growth scan has shown good growth and that hes just under 7lb im back daily for the ctg monitoring then will be induced next week!!

lots of love xxx

 

[SatansSprite]

There are too many pages to read through so I don't know everyone's story here. Anyways, here is mine. My son was born at 36 weeks weighing only 3 pounds 5 ounces. He wasn't found to be small at all during the pregnancy and in fact I was never checked by the doctor at all. He was only born when he was because I went into labour on my own. The labour was putting him in distress though, and since contractions were dropping his heart rate and he had meconium in his fluid he was taken by an emergency csection.

Because of my history with him, they started me on extra ultrasounds at 26 weeks with this one. I had one then, and in comparison to my anatomy scan that I had done at I believe it was 19 weeks or so, the size was in the 44th percentile, so a pretty acceptable size. Well, I just had another ultrasound done two days ago and the rate of growth/size has fallen to the 31st percentile. I'm under midwife care, which for anyone unaware this is very uncommon here in Canada, but anyways, they aren't too worried about it just at this point, but they did say they wanted to up the frequency of my ultrasounds from every 4 weeks to every 2.

I had such high hopes that this time was going to be a more normal pregnancy. I mean, my fundal measurements have been right on track, I've gained a proper/decent amount of weight, I feel more pregnant and more of the baby than I did with my son. I really felt like this baby seemed to be an average rate, but to learn that the growth is falling behind, really has me starting to feel down. I wanted a nice comfortable, relaxed as possible delivery but now I've got this feeling that it's not going to happen. I know it's not for sure baby will have this but part of me has this feeling that it will. I just wonder how this might affect my desire to try and breastfeed if it does end up that the growth rate falls even more.

 

[Marie131]

Jox, that is great news! Good luck with your induction!!

SatansSprite, 31st percentile is still good I'm glad to hear they are following you closely though, they will catch anything before it becomes a big problem. I live in Canada too, just outside Vancouver. What part of Canada are you from?

I saw my m/w today, it was a good visit but they really can't do much with the IUGR. I am seeing my MFM team again next week and am hoping for growth. I feel like the baby's movements have gotten bigger/stronger, so hopefully that is a good sign!!

 

[SatansSprite]

I'm in Ontario Canada, about an hour or so outside of Toronto. I know it's not a bad size but it's not a great size either though. I'm probably over thinking it all but after having already had an IUGR baby, it's hard to bring myself to believing this one won't be, especially with where measurements are now already.

 

[Marie131]

I totally understand how one bad experience can cause fear and negative expectaations in future pregnancies. I had a molar pregnancy b/n my first and second baby and I've been a wreck throughout the first trimester of every pregnancy I've had since. Just when I thought I was out of the woods, this IUGR pops up. Honestly, after this, I'm not sure I want to ever go through another pregnancy again. Hopefully your future scans will be reassuring.

 

[SatansSprite]

Yeah, I was worried through first tri like most people just because it's first tri, but when most start feeling a little bit of comfort upon entering second, I didn't. Took me until 24 weeks before I started to let myself get close to this baby cause last year I had a miscarriage but it was a late-term one that happened at 18 weeks.

So yeah, I get the whole 'just starting to relax, then this' mentality. After my son I feel like it's almost too much to hope for that the growth picks up. I don't wanna have the hope and only get it crushed, I feel like I need to expect the worst to protect myself.

 

[vixxen]

Did they suspect a reason for the IUGR SatansSprite?
Mine is down to cord flow.
:wave: to everyone hope you are all ok!
Had a another bad scan there was no flow in one part of the cord but there was still flow in other parts.
Can't wait for mondays one now.

 

[SatansSprite]

Vixxen - do you mean with my son or this one?

With my son, it wasn't caught until after he was already born so there's no definite way I think of telling. The only thing I was told with him was that the placenta was a fair bit smaller that normal/usual but whether that was the cause or not though, I have no idea.

This one, if the growth does keep dropping off, I have no idea the reason. The midwife told me that the ultrasound showed the placenta looking good and said that other than baby being small, everything else looked good.

It just sucks that realistically I knew things COULD take turn south with this pregnancy, I mean with my son. I mean, that's the reason I was started on these extra ultrasounds in the first place. I thought I had myself prepared emotionally for the possibility, thought I was prepared to handle it if it did happen, but now I'm not sure I ever was. Since hearing that the size of baby is small like this, and it hasn't even been 24 hours, I've been fighting tears and the whole "i feel like its my fault" feeling. I can't even talk to OH about it either because he just keeps saying "don't worry, if you think its going to go bad it will. We don't know for sure yet" and I know he's trying to help in his own way, its just not helping though.

 

[Marie131]

vixxen, sorry to hear about your u/s. What is MFM's plan for you? Have they talked about when they will want to deliver?

Question, when do all the NSTs and BPPs start? MFM mentioned it to me, but my head was spinning by the time that we left that appointment so I can't remember if they said 24 weeks or later. My m/w thought it would be more like 28, but MFM was talking about a possible 27 week delivery, so 28 weeks doesn't sound right to me. Also wondering where you go to have them done? Do you have to go to the hospital where your MFM team is or can you do it at another hospital? I ask because my MFM team is an hour or 3 away depending on traffic, it would be much more convenient for me to go to my local hospital 15 min down the road. I don't know what I'm going to do w/ my kids when I need to start doing all this monitoring.