Small Head Circumference?

colsta

Anyone have any experience?

I had my level 2 ultrasound the other day and everything looked good except for baby's growth. My husband and I both come from small families but it is still concerning to me. The baby was 30th percentile overall, but the femur length was 55th percentile and the head was <2nd percentile. It's the discrepancy between the femur length and the small head that worries me (although I also have an abnormally small pinhead.) I did the NT/sequential screening and came back with a low likelihood of Down's, Edward's and spina bifida so my doctor isn't worried but I do have to have another U/S in 4 weeks.

 Anyone with any words of advice or wisdom? I refuse to google it because I don't want to freak myself out. Thanks!

ms12345

No experience with this, but lots of T&P's to you! Hopefully just a genetic predisposition to a smaller head!

And the best wisdom is in  your post - not googling it! Google is not your friend, as I have learned!

colsta

Thanks. I hope it's just genetic too. My dad even said "Think about it. If your head was in proportion to your thigh, you would have to be like 3'6" You get it from your mother."

 Thanks Dad! I'm trying to take some solace in the fact that my OB wasn't super worried about it and thought we should just check and make sure all is okay again in a few weeks. DH thinks it's because I'm not eating enough so he is trying to force feed me ice cream! Trust me, I'm eating plenty.

JYeagersGrl

My kids all have HUGE heads.  Their heads are always like 2 weeks ahead of their actual gestational age which throws off measurements and percentiles and stuff but there is nothing wrong with them smart, normal kids.  So I wouldn't freak some ppl just have bigger appendages.

Mustang Sally

I just wanted to add that at my big U/S the baby's head was measuring a week behind all of the other measurements.  Not a big deal I guess because she didn't say anything but I did take notice because DS's head always measured a bit smaller too.  When he was born and at his first few months of check-ups he was always in the upper percentiles for height and weight (e.g. 75th) but his head was always around 25-30th %ile.  No one was bothered and he is super bright by all accounts.  I'm not sure if it has evened out by now, but the moral of the story is not to worry too much.  Things just grow at different times.  

Come to think of it, I'm tall (5'8") and have a kind of freakishly small head too...  it's probably genetic. 

Pamela05

My nephew has a tiny head.  It worried is pediatrician at first.  Then he measured my SIL's head and decided that it was just genetic.  DH's whole family is small framed and his sister is the tiniest of them all.  They haven't seen any indication that there is anything actually wrong with the little boy and he's 7 months now.