Anyone having regular growth scans due to risk of IUGR?

[nchris]

Oh, just read this post. That's great news! I'm glad your little one is growing. xxx

 

[vixxen]

Hi nchris yeah my baby is measuring on the 10 th percentile because our babies all have induvidual growth charts, my others have all weighed over the 8lbs +.
Babies i think get an actual diagnosis of IUGR after being born as growth can stop at any time.Up untill then i think they get called SGA.
We are around the same gestation nchris i think, currently im 33 + 6.
Don't worry about the weight as much if lo is growing as many things can affect it, your height and such could be factors in it.
My recent scan went ok though thats only a normal doppler scan so only measures flow in cord,next 1 tommorrow, i have the fetal medicine scan next week for growth and more in depth measurements taken then.
How is everyone else doing any updates?

 

[Marie131]

nchris, that is great that you had good growth b/n scans. Growth b/n scans seems to be what my doctors are the most concerned about and it doesn't sound like it takes much growth at all to keep them happy, just so long as there is growth.

No updates for me at the moment, I'm just waiting for my next scan which is one week today. I'm also waiting on blood test results for my dh to see how likely all this is due to CF. I should get those results later this week and if not then definitely at my MFM appointment next Tuesday.

Glad to hear your last scan went well, vixxen. Hopefully tomorrows growth scan brings you more good news!

 

[vixxen]

OKtodays scan was ok but now my blood pressure is up with protein in water been sent home with a 24 hr bp monitor.
Had bloods taken hopefully good results for me tomorrow though with my luck who knows.

 

[Marie131]

Ack! hoping for good news for you tomorrow!!

 

[Marie131]

Any updates, vixxen?

I talked to genetics today, my dh results have come back negative for cf. however, they also told me that it is possible that our baby could have a rare abnormality where baby receives two copies of chromosome 7 from me and none from my hb so she could still technically have CF, but it is like a 1:100,000 possibility. Of course they aren't willing to rule that out

 

[nchris]

Sorry for your bad news vixxen. Hope the latest appointment was better? Yes we are roughly the same gestation. I'm 34+4 today. We're almost there!

Marie, 1 in 1000,000 is very low so hopefully your baby will be perfectly fine. How far along are you again? Sorry, it's really hard to keep track of who's who and what's what!

I also have no updates other than a midwife appointment on Wednesday in which the midwife said i was measuring only 2 cm out which is within the normal range. She said everything seems perfectly fine with my baby size wise and I have grown in measurement since my last appointment but then again, it's always different. It seems that on some occassions my measurements have shrunk from the week before! I was measuring 7 weeks behind at 28 weeks but 3 weeks before that was measuring perfect at 25. I don't have much faith in the fundal height measurments so really don't want to get my hopes up about my latest midwife visit just to be let down at my scan in just over a weeks time. I'll be 36 +1 and just hoping that he's made it up to 5lbs otherwise even though that's still a good growth, I'm going to be panicking about his birthweight with just 4 weeks left. Was really banking on a stress free pregnancy this time. I'm with a new partner and thought it might be different. He's already planning the next (he wants a girl ) but I'm really not sure I can go through this again

Here's hoping we, and our babies, are all going to be fine. And we'll laugh about how worried we've been when it's all over and we have perfect, healthy babies in our arms I'll be thinking of you guys and hoping for the best xxx

 

[nchris]

Oopps sorry, I can see how far you are under your post. I want one of them little charts! Can't find how to do it lol.

What is your situation Marie? I know vixxen has had big babies in the past so the worry is why this one is small compared to the other babies. Is this the same with you? Sorry to ask, just tried going back through the posts but there are so many! xxx

 

[Marie131]

nchris, yup, that is pretty much the same w/ me. My other babies were all quite big, one was 8.5lbs, the other 2 both over 9lbs. This one is first percentile little so they are concerned. It was discovered at my anatomy u/s at 19 weeks, they were pretty negative at first, but she's been sticking to her own growth curve ever since. I'm hoping that is still the case when we have our scan Tues! We haven't done an amnio, so the doctors are searching a cause. They think it could be down syndrome or another syndrome or maybe something else, but it's all speculation. Our u/s have all been good, w/ the exception of an echogenic bowel. Genetics told me they usually see more than just an echogenic bowel if baby has a chromosomal abnormality. We're doing amnio around 30~ish weeks, so we'll have some answers then. I don't think I'll be able to sleep while we wait for those results.

 

[leeann1002]

Hi I am new to this thread.

I had a routine midwife appointment yesterday and she measured my abdomin with a tape measure which measured 24cm. As they have me as 28 weeks pregnant she said I needed a growth scan and this has been booked for this Monday.

I am quite worried as already know I have a low lying placenta and I am concerned this may have something to do with it.

I am also wondering if this could be to do with incorrect dates and maybe I am not as far as I think I am!

I had a 4D scan this week before my midwife appointment and the baby looked fine and had chubby cheeks.

I'm so confused and anxious... Monday cannot come quick enough.

Here is my 4D scan https://m1056.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/leeann1002/d4121e84.jpg.html?o=1&newest=1

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[vixxen]

Hi leeanne:wave: sorry you are having such a worrying time too
Hello Marie and nchris and of course anyone following the thread my update is that my 24 hr blood pressure is ok at moment still higher than wanted but as my bloods have returned normal fetal medicince is happy with that.
No sign of water infection concerning the protein so as i still have that showing in water pre e is still a concern, i have swelling and headachs now aswell.Luckily blood flow to baby is ok at the moment so will see what mondays scan brings and weds growth scan.

 

[Marie131]

Welcome, Leeanne. Sorry you are going through this. Hopefully everything will be ok at your u/s Monday. Keep us updated and let us know how it goes.

Vixxen, glad everything is ok for you right now.

Question, for those of you w/ other kids. How do you manage when you are on bedrest? I have 3 boys 7 and under and have been warned that bedrest is likely in my future. Umm...there is no resting in my house. Not sure how that one would work out...

 

[vixxen]

Lol everytime they want me to rest it's a hospital stay!

 

[NervousMommy]

I hope it's ok to join this group. I am 21w+3 pregnant with my second child and already being monitored for IUGR. It all started when I got the results back from my 12w genetic screening blood test and tested high for DS. I had a CVS done and it confirmed no DS but that I had an extra chromosome 16 in some of the cells in the placenta. However the amnio came back good so they leaning towards me having "confined placental mosaicism". With that said, they are saying I am at a high risk for preeclampsia and definitely IUGR.

At my 20w ultrasound, the baby is already measuring small at roughly 18 weeks size. They also confirmed I have blood flow restriction in the placenta which is primarily why the baby is growing slowly. I now have to have weekly dopplers and growth checked every two weeks.

Besides bed rest (which is hard to do when you already have an active 2-1/2 yr old), is there anything else I can do like eat certain foods, etc.? I'm finding it hard to enjoy and connect with this pregnancy.

 

[Marie131]

Sorry you are going through this too, NervousMommy. There are somet things that were suggested to me to try, they are not scientifically proven, but it can't hurt to try. One is to increase your protien itake (i.e. boost shakes) and drink extra water (it helps increase placenta function).

 

[AmesLouise]

I drink a high protein ensure every morning. My last scan baby was right on target!

 

[NervousMommy]

Thanks for the advice Marie131 and AmesLouise. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone on this forum for a good outcome. I have my follow-up doppler this Tuesday and I'm already nervous.

 

[vixxen]

Hi nervous mommy it sounds as if you have very similar pregnancy to me i have intermittedly absent edf though it has gone completely absent 4 times now.

 

[leeann1002]

Thanks 4 your support in this thread. It really helped me get through a difficult few days.

I had my growth scan yesterday and my baby is fine. I'm not measuring 4 weeks behind atall they said it must be because I'm slender and there isn't much fat between me and the baby.

He is perfect with the measurements and if anything slightly ahead of 28 + 5. He was estimated at 2lb 11oz already.

I'm over the moon and hope all goes well with all of your babies and scans.

Thanks again xxx

 

[vixxen]

Thats great news leeann