https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 04:32:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2783356 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:37:27 +0000 starchild 2783356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skinnycow: So sorry :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2783342 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:13:19 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2783342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skinnycow: So sorry for your loss. Let us know if you need anything. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2783341 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:10:05 +0000 youboots 2783341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skinnycow: I am so sorry. Thinking of you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2783336 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:40:09 +0000 skinnycow 2783336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2783333 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:39:00 +0000 Mama Bird 2783333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2783332 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:33:15 +0000 mrskansas 2783332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skinnycow: I'm so sorry </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2783331 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:11:10 +0000 agold 2783331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skinnycow: I'm so sorry to hear this. :crying: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2783329 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:09:02 +0000 josina 2783329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skinnycow: sorry for your loss. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2783328 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:08:33 +0000 catlady 2783328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skinnycow: I'm so so sorry for your loss. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2783327 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:04:32 +0000 skinnycow 2783327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update: Unfortunately my ultrasound didn't go well this morning. The baby was only measuring 6w4d and didn't have a heartbeat. </p> <p>Thanks everyone for the reassuring stories - they kept me from freaking out the last couple weeks :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2781127 Sat, 21 Oct 2017 03:00:08 +0000 Nutella 2781127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skinnycow: I measured nearly one week early at our 6w scan and the tech was kind but freaked me out when he said I should come back in a week just to make sure...I knew my dates weren't off, so when I came back I was relieved to see dates had caught up to 8w. Unnecessary panic that whole week ☹️ But like others have said, they are taking such tiny measurements it's easy to be slightly off! Hope you get some comfort and reassurance soon - I know it's hard in the meantime :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2781070 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:00:35 +0000 starchild 2781070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit7: thank you for this!</p> <p>At our first ultrasound, we measured about 6 days-week behind. She kept measuring and decided that baby was on the cusp and they wouldn't adjust my due date from LMP. We were charting and I suspect the later due date would have been more accurate. We're 30 weeks along now and she's measuring in the 6% percentile. DH and I were small kids, so I'm not surprised, but I keep wondering if they'd have adjusted her due date back later how she'd compare. We're labeled IUGR now and go for weekly monitoring; everything is healthy, just small. We'll have to wait and see when she makes her appearance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2781066 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:26:58 +0000 Littlebit7 2781066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just try to keep in mind that none of it is an exact science. It can be maddening but theres that line that goes "trust the process". I know it can be hard to trust that process, (especially if you've had losses like I have). </p> <p>Remember in future ultrasounds: the click of the tech's mouse determines measurements. They are working off of a moving target, they snap a pic to freeze motion, and then another set of clicks to set a measurement zone. There's a LOT of human error involved here. I've measured technically behind with both pregnancies, the predicted weights have been off (their margin of error is +/- a pound, which can be 10-20% when we are discussing babies under 10 lbs)!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2781042 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:14:38 +0000 chenergized 2781042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I measured almost three week behind based on my LMP. Turns out my cycles are really long, and I ovulate later than normal.</p> <p>I'm almost 37 weeks pregnant now, and everything's fine! :) It was a bit scary at the beginning, but after my doctor adjusted my due date, baby's been measuring perfectly every appointment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2781001 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:59:06 +0000 Mae 2781001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my good friends had her first son measure over a week behind at her "8 week" ultrasound and they moved her dd back. Then he was born at exactly 38 weeks, so it seems like maybe he was farther along than they thought! She's now pregnant with her second who also measured a full week behind at her first ultrasound, but she's making plans to be ready by 37 weeks just in case :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780970 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:13:21 +0000 Rocker2014 2780970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One more positive story to add to the bunch: My now 3 yo LO measured 10 days behind at 6 weeks, and I was sure about dates since we had only BD'd once. She stayed measuring about a week behind throughout the pregnancy, and we moved my EDD a few times. And...she's perfectly healthy and still short :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780964 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:01:42 +0000 psw27 2780964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my first US they said I was measuring a week behind as well. I was fairly certain on my dates but I tried not to worry. They pushed my due date a week. Sure enough, LO arrived 1 week early at "39 weeks" and is a happy, healthy 6 month old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780963 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 09:59:00 +0000 Shantuck 2780963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter measured 6 days behind at that first ultrasound and I was fairly confident about my dates (was charting religiously, took opk's, etc.). My doc said I must have been off with my dates but their dates didn't really jive with when I got my positive HPT (it would have been 5 days after I ovulated). I tried not to get too hung up on it and my daughter continued to track on their adjusted due date during the first trimester and then was eventually measuring a week ahead in the second and third. She ended up being induced the day before the adjusted due date. I really think my dates were right and that for some reason she was just a slow starter. I'd try not to let it worry you. The doc I saw after that first ultrasound said she would give me a 50% chance of the pregnancy being viable. Well, it was and in 14 days, she turns one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780938 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 08:48:10 +0000 skinnycow 2780938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: Oh that's a great point that I hadn't considered. I didn't get a positive test until about 13 dpo so it's possible this one was a late implanter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780934 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 08:27:36 +0000 MaryM 2780934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Even if you know exactly when you ovulated, implantation can take anywhere from like 5 to 12 days. That's why doctors usually say anything within about a week of what you expect is likely fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780918 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 07:45:13 +0000 skinnycow 2780918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the positive stories - they're very reassuring :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780917 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 07:41:25 +0000 Mrs D 2780917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I measured a week behind at my first US with DD1...I was so upset bc I literally DTD one time that cycle (international work trip took up the rest of it) so I was sure of our conception date...I was sure something was wrong...</p> <p>She is now a happy and healthy 4 year old... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780907 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 01:43:06 +0000 Pumuckl 2780907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had that happen with my first LO. At my first appointment what should have been 5w4d they didn’t find anything. I had to come back 10 days later and then we could find the baby but it was definitely measuring behind. That baby is now my 4.5 year old, I think that was the one time I ovolated really late... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780894 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:09:11 +0000 RacheBon 2780894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was about 4-5 days behind at that point with both of my daughters. The first time I freaked out because I had recently had a miscarriage and was technically a day behind the margin of error based on the last day I possibly could have conceived. But by the end of the first trimester she caught up and is now a spirited 2.5 year old. Similar thing happened with her 9 week old sister, although I wasn't tracking as closely. Hope you can stay calm and get reassuring news in a few weeks :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780893 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:03:23 +0000 Mama Bird 2780893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD measured solidly a week behind in early ultrasounds, to the point where the doctor bumped my due date up a week. And she was born on the new due date all right. I'm guessing I ovulated much later than I thought, otherwise I shouldn't even have gotten pregnant that month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780887 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:49:23 +0000 bhbee 2780887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’ve had it go both ways. I measured quite a bit behind with my daughter - I believe I was lmp about 8w and I thought 7w2d or something and she measured 6w5d. Two weeks later she was completely “caught up” or even ahead.<br /> My last pregnancy I measured a few days behind where I thought I should be and I lost it later, but don’t know if that was chance or indicative. </p> <p>I do think there’s just error at that point, even if you had confirmed with opks or temping. Fx that baby is working on catching up right now :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780870 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:34:25 +0000 nana87 2780870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo2 also measured about a week behind in early scans. My ob didn’t change my due date, it was based on lmp, and I ended up being induced at 41 weeks to a perfectly healthy lo who is now 8 months old and still perfect :heart: fingers crossed for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780866 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:24:17 +0000 skinnycow 2780866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: It's nice to hear positive stories! My OB did change my due date today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780858 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:38:23 +0000 erinbaderin 2780858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The baby is so tiny at this point that any difference in measurements can make a substantial difference in dates. I would hold onto the fact that you’ve seen a heartbeat. Actually I was measuring about 5 days off at the same point, they actually revised my due date. He’s 19 months now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/measuring-behind-in-early-growth-ultrasound#post-2780857 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:29:52 +0000 agold 2780857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skinnycow: I'm glad you get to go back in soon-ish. That is just a little over a week and you will be able to see a good strong growing baby. Quit trying to calculate dates. I tried to do this for like 3 hours the other night and I drove myself insane. And some babies are just small. My sister measured a week or so behind with my niece throughout her entire pregnancy and that was an IVF pregnancy so dates should have been exact. The baby was just small. Some babies are like that. Keep thinking positively! </p>