Help!!

I feel like every scan i am told something completely different regarding my child. For example on monday 110923 i was told my child was weighing in as being small at their first growth scan 2 pounds in weight. I was then asked to return on the 14th as they wanted me to be checked over by the consultant to which was explained as baby was small, nothing else. On the 14th i attended to be scanned to be told i was seeing the consultant as my child’s umbilical cord wasnt supplying enough and they were having difficulty viewing the heart. I was then informed my childs umbilical cord was normal and all chambers of the heart were in view and they weighed 2 pounds 7 ounces. This hasnt been the first time ive been told conflicting information about my child. I suffer from BPD which is stressful enough without the constant stress of mixed information.

Has anyone else experienced this?

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The issue here is that the growth measurements shouldn't be done more often than every 10 to 14 days because babies don't grow a consistent amount every day so you're not going to see a true trend of where their growth is of they're done more often than that. Because these are so close together, we'd normally disregard the second one as it doesnt change the management recommendations.
Sometimes baby's positioning means you can't get good views of certain bits of the body.
The blood flow through the cord can change from being under high resistance to normal resistance too. This will be monitored regularly. They're more looking to make sure the blood is always flowing in the right direction. You'll hear them talk about end diastolic flow.
Presumably you've got more scans booked for the start of next week? These will probably only look at the blood flow through the cord and the fluid around baby, not the overall estimated weight.
Hope that helps make some sense of it all. Xx

I was under a consultant with my first baby so had scans every 4 weeks.
It was like they needed to find something. She was too big/small, legs were too long/kidney dilated which caused no end of stress. She was absolutely fine luckily but can completely relate.
This pregnancy I’m just under a midwife with the normal scans and have found it much less stressful! X

My very first scan @ 8w, I was told she was measuring small but it's still too early. My 12w scan I was told she's perfectly fine and within the range they like. My gender scan I was told she was really small for how far I was on and they recommended I book in to the hospital. I went to the hospital and they couldn't see her heartbeat but they could hear it and it was strong!

Every single scan was with a different person. I know it's hard not to worry, but I wouldn't stress too much, the way your baby moves can affect the way the midwives look at her/him. Like Jo above said, growth measurements shouldn't be done that often as you won't get a consistent growth x

So much stress! Mine is also measuring on the small side! Will be re-scanned in 3 weeks time! Crazy worry never stops!

it wasn’t explained to me at all. All I got told was her umbilical cord was lessor on the Monday compared to the Thursday but not explained to me what so ever. And they took her measurement again as it was marked down on my report as a concern but her weight was fine on the Thursday. I’m just getting so upset with it all

yeah it’s soo stressful then I feel bad for being stressed and stressing the baby it’s such a hurtful cycle

thank you, it’s just hard being told different things every time you go

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