baby's head small....so stressed out..

[Stake]

hi girls...ugh I am so stressed out I could use some advice. I had kind of an emergency ultrasound last week bc I was spotting. they didnt find out why and said sometimes it just haooens but during the ultrasound they measured the babies head n said its measuring small in the 6th percentile. what does this mean? im reading about all these horrible disrders on google and now im so scared n stressed out. anyone know anything about this?

 

[MomPepperdine]

Don't google things! I don't know but just wait till you can talk to your dr or mw

 

[iwantabub]

Baby's head Smoosh depending on they're position... My bubs measured 2.5 weeks behind then we were lucky he took his head out of my pelvis where he smooshed it and measured normal... They're bones at this point especially on the skull are so jelly like and flexible that they can fit in nooks and crannys and measure wrong.. We were just lucky he moves around a lot so we didn't have to go back for another scan.

Don't worry just yet there are a bunch of things like this that can be easily explained... Jaw a chat to doc or mw

 

[Stake]

thanks ladies...ugh, ive cried every night over this...

 

[stardust1976]

Babies are just like us - they grow at different rates and they will all be different sizes. You very well might just have a smaller baby in there. No big deal!

My first two girls were only 6lbs 2oz at delivery and the whole way through the docs kept saying they were measuring small. I am not a big person - I was under 6lbs when I was born. I knew they were fine, and sure enough they were. They grew fine, they were just small. It's not necessarily the size of them but the rate of growth that should concern you.

Check with your doc or mw, and stay off google (we're all guilty of looking things up and scaring ourselves silly!).

 

[Stake]

haha thank you! it just worried me that he said her body was measuring normal but her head was small...

 

[nevernormal]

I was told at 23+4 that my baby's head looked "too narrow" and it CAN be a sign of some serious complication. Was sent to a specialist and had the follow up scan at 24+3 -- everything was fine! At that first scan the baby was just NOT going to move and give a different angle. Ask if you can be referred for a 2nd opinion!

 

[havestar]

My 2nd son's head was in the 13th percentile, and our 3rd's was around the 10th. Both of them are perfectly normal. These were their birth measurements - not from a scan.

I never really thought it was a problem. I guess the only thing I ever thought was that they look more proportionate. LOL They are both super handsome.

 

[Stake]

thank you! at my scan she wasnt moving around either and they had trouble even getting the measurement

 

[CatherineK]

Babies grow at different paces...in different ways. 6th percentile is fine. May just be normal for your baby! My kids all have heads that measure 99% in womb..way tooo big. Yet guess what? They are completely normal, just have big heads

 

[BabyB2]

Try not to worry. I'm sure bubs is fine! At my last scan my babies head was measuring narrow across, but average in circumference. She said that babies that lie in a breach position a lot with their heads wedged under your ribs often measure narrow across, and not to worry. Their soft little heads just get squished a bit!

 

[Stake]

thank u! they did say she was breech right now..

 

[nevernormal]

My baby was breech at the scan that I was told about the narrow head too!! The next scan baby was transverse and low in my pelvis, and they were able to get better measurements

 

[Wassarman]

First, DON'T GOOGLE ANYTHING!!! haha that is only going to worry you. There are horror stories on google even for babies meausering perfectly normal! But babies bones develope at different rates. The cartilage is still turing into bone at this point. It very well could be that the cartilage around the head just hasn't turned into bone yet, along with many other bones in there little body. That will throw the measurment off. Or it could simply be that the angle was no good when they measured the head. The baby REALLY has cooperate during an ultra sound for the measurements and views to be how the Dr. wasnts them to be.

Bottom line, DON'T WORRY