SGA and other fears

Re: SGA and other fears

• Jens_Hoes member

  March 2017

  bunniesrfuzzy said:

  Right now feeling like my heart has been ripped out stomped on then returned. Was hoping for good news during a followup growth ultrasound but no such luck. Baby was at 13th percentile around 20 weeks and now has fallen to 7th at 27 weeks. Scheduled for NST and now followups at least twice a week. They haven't been able to find any problems in our little boy but I have definitely not gained the giant baby bump like others for 27 weeks not much weight overall. Been checked for pre-e and all neg so far and bp has been normal. Have had my thyroid flip flop and just want things to be okay for my little baby. Wondering what others have done to try and cope with the uncertainty and fear of a possible premie and things that helped to feel calm.

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• sarah0985 member

  March 2017 edited March 2017

  There is another mom on here who has had some concerns about her baby's growth and being small. There's a thread about it here on the first page still I believe. Sorry you're having these fears. I ha some threatened preterm labor at 25 weeks and what made me feel better was researching nicus in my area. I didn't need it but it made me feel more assured and as prepared as I could have been. 
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• rkstro2 member

  March 2017

  Welcome @bunniesrfuzzy !  Sorry things aren't going as you planned Thoughts and prayers for you and your little one.  As others have said we have other mammas also dealing with scary diagnoses and growth problems.  Hopefully your NSTs and follow ups go ok.

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• kat81 member

  March 2017

  Aw I really hope everything is ok.
  
  I just googled this because I was curious about what is considered small vs. within normal range, as well as what the implications are. Because one thing to keep in mind about these percentiles is that someone has to be in above/below average. For example, my 6 yr old is in the 6th percentile for BMI. But apparently only 5% and under is considered underweight, so even though 94% of kids are heftier than him for his height, he is still considered "normal."
  
  For births, it looks like 10th-90th percentile is normal, and outside of those bounds is considered small or large, so you do technically have a smallish baby. What I noticed from the wikipedia article is that "90% of SGA infants catch up by age 2." Those are good odds. It's also good they are checking on you for other issues that could arise, but my optimistic take is that it doesn't seem likely anything bad will happen. Keep us updated.
  

  
  
  
  
  

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