Anyone having regular growth scans due to risk of IUGR?

[vixxen]

Wow good labour thoughts for both of us then!
Though i'm that uncomfortable if i go to scan tomorrow and they say i need to be induced then and there i won't complain!

 

[vixxen]

Ok the long and short of it is deeanna came yesterday(21st) after failing nsts on monday she was born by emcs after decels while being induced tuesday early hours. Tenically classed as a late term premmie .she at just under 37 weeks weighed 5lb 13ozs ( on 8 th percentile for us)she in Birminghams neonatal unit as she id very ill and doctors a are strugglind out all the things wrong with her wish us luck please as Now i è think the really hard begins full story when i gt home!

 

[Hellylou]

Oh wow, hun, I hope she's ok. Hang in there

 

[peagarden]

Wishing you lots of luck Vixen, she is in the best place and that is a good weight so am keeping everything crossed for you xx

 

[kelly6407]

Congrats vixxen! A good weight!

All the best

 

[Marie131]

I'll be keeping you and your little girl in my thoughts and prayers, vixxen. I hope everything is ok

I saw my MFM yesterday, again we had another 2 weeks of good growth. baby is estimated 2.1lbs. Dopplers were good, fluid was good, her fetal echo was perfect. She still has an echogenic bowel that is showing some dilated loops, she may need surgery after delivery which has got me a little bit scared but the neonatologist who discussed it w/ us told us we could expect a good outcome. My MFM doctor was really encouraging yesterday, he said everything looks great and since we've had 5 scans w/ consistent growth he doesn't see a reason why we shouldn't be able to make it to 36 or 37 weeks!!! I'm hoping baby's little bowel heals itself before delivery (the jury is out on how likely this is), but everything else is looking great!

 

[tishtosh]

Wishing you all the best Vixxen, Im still following everyone on this thread although I dont post much!

Feel a bit of a fraud on here, I had my first growth scan on Mon and she is measuring just over the 50th centile so not bad at all. Still on daily aspirin and will be til 36 weeks.

I have my next scan on the 17th Sept when they will do fetal dopplers too, apparently they dont do them before 28 weeks (which is when my first growth scan was meant to be but they booked me in early for all of them, I dont know why!)

Keeping my fingers crossed for everyone on here, have a healthy pregnancy!

 

[kelly6407]

Wishing you all the best Vixxen, Im still following everyone on this thread although I dont post much!

Feel a bit of a fraud on here, I had my first growth scan on Mon and she is measuring just over the 50th centile so not bad at all. Still on daily aspirin and will be til 36 weeks.

I have my next scan on the 17th Sept when they will do fetal dopplers too, apparently they dont do them before 28 weeks (which is when my first growth scan was meant to be but they booked me in early for all of them, I dont know why!)

Keeping my fingers crossed for everyone on here, have a healthy pregnancy!

I feel like a fraud too cause this baby is growing fine and slap bang in the middle of the charts. I'm the same though, on aspirin till 36w too and my scans r always early, I'm usually half a week early so my 28 w was done at 27+4. My next is the 12th sept which is my 32 w scan when I'll be 31+4.

 

[tishtosh]

I suppose we should be thankful though that our babies are growing well and seem to be happy in there!
Fingers crossed for the upcoming scans.

 

[jaggers]

Hey, the post is labled anyone going in for scans due to arisk of IUGR lol, none if you are frauds if you're getting scans and at risk. I'm lurking here as I'm 15 weeks and the doc has me coming in after my NT scan at 12 weeks showed little one might have 'shorter than normal arms and legs.' I hope to know more by next Tuesday as doc told me it could be signs of nothing, dwarfism, or genetic abnormalities. Being I'm 5' 120lbs and my DD was born full term 5lbs, 15oz, 19 1/4 inches I'm cautiously optimistic but it's nice to read how you guys are all doing! Best wishes everyone!

 

[nchris]

Congratulations Vixxen! I will be thinking about your little girl and yourself. I wish you both a speedy recovery!

Marie that's great news. I hope it continues this way for you.

I have my consultant appointment on Tuesday in which she is going to give me a sweep. I would really like to hold this off until baby is a bit later. I will be 38+1 but baby only weighed 4lbs 8 at 36 weeks. Want him to be at least 5 and half before he's born. I'm terrified of having a low birthweight baby. They are saying he's constitutionally small, rather than IUGR, but the talk of bringing him early and the mention of small fetuses potentially leading to fetal demise has me worried sick. He passes all of his CTG scans and my placenta seems to be working fine. I'm just hoping he has a growth spurt before he's born within the next week or two!

Oh and my last babies were 5lbs, born at 37 weeks and 6lbs born at 39 weeks so both were very small but are perfectly average now. One is even above average and on the 75th percentile for height at 11 years old and has been since she was 2 so I should feel comforted by this, but I don't

All you other ladies, I wish you all the best with your babies. I will try to come back and update you when my boy is born but if I don't, I will be thinking of you all and would appreciate your prayers also! xxx

 

[Marie131]

Good luck, nchris! Why are they taking baby early if they feel he is constitutionally small and not IUGR? If he is just small rather than growth restricted, then he is in no danger - no?

 

[Hellylou]

Hi, just to let you know my little baby boy arrived on 24/8/12. I was induced at 37+3 and labour was fine - pessary and broke waters, no need for drip. He weighed 6lb9oz and is healthy and happy. Hope all goes well for your little ones

 

[peagarden]

Congrats Hellylou, fantastic news. Do u have a name? x

 

[tishtosh]

Congrats Hellylou! That's a v good weight

 

[peagarden]

Any news Vixen? How is your LO doing? Have been thinking about u, hope all ok xx

 

[peagarden]

I have been stalking this thread for a while now and am pleased to see so many happy endings, it is very reassuring. I am currently 24 weeks pregnant and very nervous as I lost my little boy in December at 35 weeks due to severe IUGR. Problems were picked up at the 20 week scan and it was a rollercoaster from there on without a happy ending unfortunately. However, this time I am on aspirin and clexane and so far all looks good. I am being scanned every 2/3 weeks and have a scan tomorrow. I just dread these scans as I am terrified they will tell me his growth is slowing down although I know we have had a good start. It does feel very different this time as I am already bigger than I was at 35 weeks last time and he is moving around loads. He has quietened down today though which I'm sure he does on purpose just before a scan to freak me out. I have a fetal heart monitor and have heard a good strong heartbeat and felt him moving around. I wasn't sure if his heart was slowing slightly earlier but I think it may have been my imagination. Anyway, I could do with some prayers for our scan tomorrow. If all is well tomorrow then I think I may relax a bit but it is definitely a very stressful pregnancy!!
Wishing everyone else good luck for the rest of your pregnancies xxx

 

[tishtosh]

Peagarden- so sorry to hear of your loss last year. Its a great start to this pregnancy that nothing has been picked up, thats very reassuring. I hope all goes well at the scan today, Im sure it will let us know how you get on.

 

[peagarden]

So all was fine at scan today, baby's growth is right on track and he is already 11b 5oz so am extremely relieved!!! I asked about the heartbeat and movement yesterday and she said that they advise against using those cos it has given some people false positives and if u don't feel sufficient movement, u should always go to day assessment to be checked on ctg properly which can look in detail at baby's heartbeat. Good advice I thought )))))))))))))

 

[Marie131]

Congratulations, HellyLou!!

TishTosh, sorry about your loss last year. I'm glad to hear everything is going great w/ this baby

I saw MFM yesterday, everything is still fine. I didn't have a growth scan, but was told that baby gained some ground at my scan last week. Our IUGR has been moved from severe to moderate Everything else is normal and stable. No baby in my imminent future, we're still hopeful for a 35-37 week delivery