Is your baby measuring small?

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My little girl was measuring 11 days behind at 20 weeks, 15 days behind at 24 weeks and 16 days behind at 27 weeks. At my 24 week appointment they said they'll do growth scans every 3 weeks to check for adequate growth. At my 27 week appointment they said my fluid was low and will be checking my fluid and blood flow to the placenta weekly now. I'm just wondering if anyone else is going through this as well or has with a previous pregnancy? I'm now 29 weeks. And hope to pregnant at least until 35 weeks.

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My last pregnancy was like this...from 20 weeks on baby boy measured small the whole way through. They diagnosed him with IUGR and induced me early,he was born at 4lbs 6oz small but perfect and he soon caught up
You may need to rest more and make sure to drink plenty of fluids, have they tested to make sure your not leaking fluid?? This pregnancy they have me on aspirin from 12 to 36 weeks to help blood flow from my placenta to the baby
I'm 28 weeks now and have been measuring fine so far but I know if he does start measuring small they will be very careful. Hope you get better answers at your next scan x

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She might just be petite. Babies come in all shapes and sizes just like everyone else. Some have big ole chubby babies, some average, and some are petite. I hope she's just a petite little one, good luck !

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I have been dealing with this since 20 weeks. They are monitoring my little guys growth closely. He is 2 lbs 6 oz and in the 24th percentile as of yesterday. However his growth pattern has been consistent. His arms and legs measure about 2 weeks behind. They were concerned about Downs because shorter arms and legs are medium markers. But they did the Panorama test and it came back negative. So they believe him to just be small. My daughter was too and by the time she was 3 months old she was in the 90th percentile and stayed there.

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How early were you induced? I've been on baby aspirin since around 16 weeks. I have my weekly fluid check tomorrow. My son was born at 36 weeks and weighed 4.4. I had gestational diabetes with him and he stopped growing somewhere between 28 and 36 and wasn't caught until the day before my water broke. I also did a 24hour urine screening for preeclampsia last week and everything was fine.

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