Anyone else have a teeny baby?

Question

Hi all. So we have had to see an Internal Fetal Medicine Doctor in addition to my OB due to a bright bowel. The baby seems totally fine outside of that - blood flow and fluid all good- but at last scan (20 weeks) baby was measuring 20th percentile and and this last follow up it went down to 15th. 😢
Doctor basically said that’s still normal but he’s concerned about the downward trend. Basically told me to eat more and gain weight and take it down a notch on the workouts but i am so worried. 
I’m very petite (5’1” 115 pre pregnancy) and was a small baby myself so a 6lb baby doesn’t seem crazy small to me but i have a hard time eating a lot and I’m worried it’s the placenta not functioning. I’m only 24 weeks and have a long ways to go. 
Anyone else measuring small or have words of encouragement? 
Appreciate it!

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My first was measuring fine at first and then started measuring small. I had a difficult time eating and getting fluids due to some strange abdominal pain that was so intense it killed my appetite and when I was hungry, eating or drinking activated the pain again
I’m also pretty small, I was about 115 before I was pregnant with him and I only gained 12 lbs my entire pregnancy. It was definitely not enough. 
Anyway, my son just wasn’t getting any bigger. I tried and tried to eat and I started just eating high fat food. At one point his stomach circumference fell to below the 3rd percentile, it was terrifying. The doctor was going to induce to get him out; he said some babies will do better outside the womb 🤷🏻‍♀️
But my water broke before that happened and he was born at 36 weeks
He was so small, 4lbs 10 ounces and he had problems with regulating his blood sugar so we had to stay in the hospital for 4 days but thankfully he never had to go to NICU
We took him home with strict instructions to feed him every two hours. He was too small to have stamina to nurse so I supplemented with formula until my milk came in and then it took him almost two months to be able to sustain a nursing session so I was pumping and feeding every two hours.
But after all of that insaneness he’s almost 2 and a super happy healthy kid 😃 
As a side note, I did not have the fat reserves I needed to keep my milk supply up and I ended up losing so much weight I started feeling awful. I got down to almost 100 before he started eating solids and my milk production totally tanked
Listen to your doctor and eat healthy! At the same time though, don’t be too worried. Small people usually have small babies ❤️
I’m on baby #2 and I’ve been able to gain 12lbs already! I’m in PT to proactively to keep the strange abdominal pain at bay too. Im having a fat baby full term this time that doesn’t require so much specialized attention lol
Good luck!!!

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My first was in the 10th-20th percentile for basically all measurements at my 20 week ultrasound and she came out weighing 7 lbs 5 oz (around 50th percentile). If t had dropped like 20% i would be worried, but it didn’t. Now mine is 3 and like 5-10th percentile for weight (has been since a year old) and pediatrician isn’t worried at all. Some kids are just smaller

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I don’t always trust an ultrasound machines measurements. My whole second pregnancy they told me my daughter would be small and probably just about 6lbs. She was over 8lbs at birth. Just listen to their advice and try not to worry.

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All you can do is listen to your OB. 6lbs doesnt seem small to me. I'm a twin I was 2lbs. Everything will be fine!😊

Anyone else have a teeny baby?

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