should I complain?

I’m 29 weeks pregnant, due to my bump being on the 10th percentile I was given a growth scan. I went for my growth scan, and was told baby was on the 23rd percentile. but her weight was normal for the gestational age. which I found weird as I had a scan 4 weeks before that and she was on the 46th percentile, and baby was on the 27th percentile at my 20 week scan. the doctor doing my scan wasn’t even a sonographer. he was insisting he was correct with the measurements he had given me and that the last scan I had I was given fully wrong results. he was even rushing my scan! it made me so anxious. I had to book a private scan, and baby was on the 40th percentile. I know results aren’t always accurate but he was insisting that his ones were.
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@Charlotte What do you mean by that x

Speak to your midwife and see what she thinks x

@Aimee do you think I should worry??

I don't think you should worry, but it's important that the records are as correct as possible. And it will hopefully give you an opportunity to voice your concerns to the midwife x

@olivia no I wouldn’t worry but your midwife will reassure you better than anyone on here as she’ll have access to your notes x

Growth scans are so unreliable. My son was measuring consistently on the 50th percentile at every growth scan, but was born 0.4 percentile at 41+1. He was perfectly healthy. They’re concerned I’m going to have a small baby again despite my son being completely fine and my growth scan currently being within the normal range. I haven’t even asked them what the measurements are because I don’t trust them at all.

Usually at scans, someone comes afterwards as well for a second opinion and sonographers use their own initiative for that! The fact that it wasn’t even a sonographer should be concerning bc he clearly didn’t know what he was doing. You should insist another scan with a proper member of staff bc scans should leave you feeling content tbh not anxious and confused! X

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