https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:09:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-133887 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:34:01 +0000 PBandBaseball 133887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So glad that it was a false alarm &amp; BGH is happy and healthy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-133857 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:00:34 +0000 MamaMoose 133857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So glad to hear baby girl is measuring right on schedule!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-133813 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:26:27 +0000 mediagirl 133813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to update this since I just got back from the ultrasound. False alarm! She is measuring perfectly. 33w2d and 4lb 11oz. She's still up there in percentile - 64%. It was really cool seeing her again and oh yeah...she is DEFINITELY a she. The ultrasound tech showed us BGH's labia. No mistaking that for boy parts! :) It's amazing seeing her when she's so much bigger because she hardly fits on the screen anymore. The tech even showed us all of her organs in her big belly. She just needs to get those lungs matured and then get here already! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129579 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:25:37 +0000 Honeybee 129579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS measured small from about 26 (ish?) weeks on; I had to have some extra growth ultrasounds and I ended up on part-time bedrest, but in the end, he was a very healthy 7 pound, 6 ounces. :) He was almost an entire pound bigger than my daughter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129318 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:05:22 +0000 Rock n Roll 129318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, I measured small the entire pregnancy, so I had to do ultrasounds/BPP once a week for the last 8 weeks. Everything was fine. The major concern was that amniotic fluid would be low or the placenta was degrading too rapidly (both were verified as fine during my ultrasounds. If not, they would have had me try some things to help them, and if it wasn't looking better they might have discussed induction.) My daughter came out at a healthy size with no induction and has been healthy her whole two and a half years. :)</p> <p>The past three times I've gone to the doctor I've measured small again, and they're going to have to do an ultrasound next time if I still am. I just think it's the shape of my body that makes my measurements smaller than other people or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129311 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:01:08 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 129311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: ha! install a porter potty next to your desk? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129310 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:40 +0000 Cchoi4 129310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We noticed my baby was measuring "small" starting in the third trimester when my OB started doing more ultrasounds. I was measuring two weeks behind, just like you are. I was told to get an extra ultrasound at my hospital since their equipment was more updated and more accurate. Those machines came to the same conclusion, that my baby was on the small side. </p> <p>My OB wasn't too concerned since I myself was a 5 lb baby and so was my sister. It could just be that its in our genes (I am a small asian woman). So we didn't do much except monitor. Two weeks before my due date, I was in for another routine ultrasound and a different doctor (my ob was on vacation) said he wanted to take every precaution, so he sent me to the hospital again for another ultrasound. The specialist there said since I am already "full term" at 38 weeks, he wanted to induce me and make sure there was nothing wrong with my placenta delivering nutrients to the baby.</p> <p>Long story short, I delivered a healthy baby boy. He was 5 lbs 2 oz at birth but nothing wrong with him! They tested my placenta and that was fine too. Just a small mommy with a small baby.</p> <p>So my advice to you: keep monitoring, drink lots of water and generally take it easy if you can. If you were a small baby or if DH was a small baby, perhaps it is just in your genes.</p> <p>Good luck and let us know how it turns out!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129308 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:02 +0000 winniebee 129308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: They won't give you a percentile until you have your ultrasound - at that time, they will check everything (growth, fluids, position, etc) and then will give you an estimate on weight and percentile. Just think of it as another opportunity to see BGH! But it sounds like maybe you are measuring 2-3 cm behind, and that doesn't sound like all that much (and again, could just be the way that they measured you). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129298 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:53:26 +0000 mrs. wagon 129298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: awww try to not stress too much... baby girl needs you to be calm and confident ;) she's probably just dainty and little, and you're probably just low on fluid. Keep us updated!! How are her movements? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129289 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:50:16 +0000 tequiero21 129289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it depends! I went in for an u/s and they said the babies were measuring too big - they were 50%ile the whole pregnancy and then 1 week, jumped to 70th... They just took another u/s a week or two later and they went back to 50...turns out they overestimated, which happens depending on the baby's position. Wishing u a good u/s on Monday! Keep us posted! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129284 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:44:57 +0000 mediagirl 129284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I'm not complaining about seeing her again, believe me! It's just another thing to worry about right now (see the "what are you worried about right now" thread...) :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129283 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:43:50 +0000 mediagirl 129283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blushink: seriously, how do you get any work done during the day when you're constantly getting up to get water and to pee??</p> <p>@winniebee: thanks, that all makes me feel better. I just don't like ANYTHING to be abnormal you know? Uh yeah, you know. ;-) I guess I should have asked what these percentiles mean anyways (I always forget to ask these things till later) because I have no clue what they mean. Ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129282 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:43:06 +0000 mrs. wagon 129282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say don't worry until the ultrasound! And even then, all bodies and babies are different... I went in for so many ultrasounds with Wagon Jr. because his measurements weren't adding up. They said his head was too big and his leg bones were too short... and it was a marker for Downs Syndrome. Turns out he's just... a Korean baby. We have big heads and short arms/legs. :) His head is STILL 99th percentile and he's 11th percentile for height... hehe. But yeah, they had us really worried as they sent us for ultrasound after ultrasound. </p> <p>On the plus side, we got to see him a lot...!!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129279 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:40:14 +0000 winniebee 129279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: There can be a margin of error of 2 cm either way (depending on how baby is sitting, who is measuring etc). I had friends that measured over 4 cm behind throughout their 3rd trimesters and had ultrasounds frequently because of it...but they both had totally normal sized babies.</p> <p>We had a fetal survey (detailed ultrasound) while I was in the hospital for pre-term labor. At that time, I was told that our baby was only in the 15th percentile. My OB said that they only get concerned if the baby is 10th percentile or lower. Nonetheless, I had a follow up ultrasound about a week later. Baby was then measuring in 24th percentile. OB said this is totally fine, DH and I are smallish, and she probably won't order another ultrasound (or if she does it will be at 37 or so weeks). </p> <p>I'm sure everything is fine....good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129277 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:39:37 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 129277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: It does help! (but im no doc) I have a friend in which the docs told her to drink double her daily water intake because she was tiny :| Talk about peeing all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129271 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:35:58 +0000 mediagirl 129271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blushink: ah really? This might sound like a silly question but, does drinking more help that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129262 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:32:54 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 129262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe it means that your have less liquids... which causes your belly to be smaller. I wouldn't worry about it either. Especially if you feel movements daily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129252 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:28:49 +0000 chopsuey 129252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I had the opposite problem. Belly was measuring too large. Turns out everything was fine and it was just all the weight I had gained. :P Hope BabyHops is fine! And yeah, I'm sure everything's okay since your OB didn't seem too worried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/growth-is-less-than-expected#post-129246 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:25:11 +0000 mediagirl 129246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went in for my regular OB appointment today and was told that the baby was measuring small. She was measuring 30-31 weeks instead of 33 weeks. They scheduled me for an ultrasound on Monday to make sure everything is still okay.</p> <p>My OB was pretty calm about it, he said at my last ultrasound, she was showing she was in the 67th percentile for growth, so he's not too worried about her but he wants to take a look anyways. He said it could just be the way she's laying. I'm figuring if he was really worried, he would have sent me in today for an ultrasound and not wait until next week.</p> <p>Has anyone else run into this during their pregnancy? Everything turn out okay in the end? </p>