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9 month appt yesterday = worrisome results
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They want DS to get an ultrasound done of his head b/c it's so darn big. The doc assured me she thinks it's nothing, but if we did want to get an ultrasound eventually, she'd prefer to do it now before the soft spot completely hardens. Then we'd only be able to do a CAT scan and it's silly to expose him to the radiation if we don't need to.
She thinks he just has a big old melon, but she wants to make sure nothing else is up. However his head did grow a lot since the last appointment and it's like more than the 98th percentile or something crazy like that.
Eeek! Has this happened to anyone else?
My little man at 0-1-2
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Re: 9 month appt yesterday = worrisome results
We had the same thing happen. His head jumped from being in the 75% consistently to the 97% at his 9 month. The pedi was concerned about his soft spot closing too soon or something along those lines. We had to go see a plastic surgeon who told us his head was fine. He just said it was big. But since DH has big heads on his side of the family, they wanted to refer us to a neuro surgeon just to keep an eye on how his head is growing.
I'm sure your DS is fine though. Good luck with the ultrasound.
Yes! The same exact thing, actually. At C's 9 month appointment, his head had skyrocketed from 95% to over 99% and the pedi ordered an ultrasound.
It turns out, C just has a big head like his Daddy. No surprise there.
For the u/s, they just covered his head in goo and used various wands to see what they could see. Funny enough, the one that ended up working the best was the one they use for internal vaginal ultrasounds. Haha
Good luck, don't worry, and for the love of cheese....stay off Google!!!
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I agree. DH looked up what the doctor was concerned about( some technical name i can't remember) and the results that came up were crazy. I did not look. No need to worry yourself more than necessary.
looks like this happens a lot and it's no big deal.
my LOs head also got a lot bigger from 6-9 mo but he went from 10th percent to closer to normal...still has a smallish head. GL!
My boys had this done at 6 months- they are both fine. It is not a terrible procedure and I found out one of their results that day- the others the next.
My little man at 0-1-2
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