Anyone else have their baby measuring on the 6th centile at 20 and 22 weeks pregnant.

So at our 20 week scan we were told baby girl was on the small side and that we’d need to come back to check her growth (and aslso get two more scans on the heart as she was being a pickle) and if she’d shown growth all appointments with my midwife would be as usual but if she hasn’t I’d be put on clinic.
Anyways We had that follow up appointment yesterday at 22 weeks 3 days and was told she was still measuring small but has had growth since the last appointment but she was still on 6th centile but it wasn’t the 5th (so I’m assuming being 22 weeks and baby being on 6th is a good sign not really sure but she didn’t say anything about it being bad just good she isn’t on 5th) and they were happy with everything else and that she was healthy.
However we do need to go back in a further two weeks to check her growth is consistent for her size but nothing was mentioned about clinic so assuming because she had grown a bit that meant clinic wasn’t needed.
now being a first pregnancy I am overthinking stuff 😅 and I’m not necessarily worried as such as she is healthy but I just wondered if anyone else has experienced the same where baby was on the 6 centile but healthy and has shown consistent growth at later scans and or if later on other things have occurred. Also at how many extra scans you’ve had due to baby being small as we were told yesterday when babies measure small they do like to keep an eye on them so not really sure what to expect with amount of extra scan appointments etc.
I don’t mind a small baby was actually relieved in a way I wasn’t having a giant 😅but obviously as I’m new to all this thought 6th centile seemed rather small considering the majority measure on the 10th at 20 weeks

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My baby is measuring on the 5th percentile and I’m 24 weeks pregnant, I go back every 2 weeks for scans her long bones (femur and ulnar) are measuring below the 1st percentile. I had an amniocentesis at 20 weeks to see if there was any medical reason for her being so small but all results came back clear. They then queried a problem with the blood flow in the umbilical cord as it showed intermittent blood flow but this has since improved and become normal. So they do just think she is a small baby and maybe she’s just meant to be small due to genetics and me and her dad not being very tall (5’3 & 5’9). The majority of babies at 20 weeks are over the 10th percentile, the offer extra scans etc if below the 10th (below the 10th is considered small). I’ve been filled with worry too but starting to feel a lot better as although she’s tiny she’s growing accordingly and plotting along the graph nicely. I’ve been seeing fetal medicine every 2 weeks. Hope this helps🩷

I had my 20 week scan last week and measuring 8th percentile. They reassured me that it may just be midwife measuring wrong but had another growth scan on Monday to check all OK. We were asked to research if small/petite babies run in the family (which we've found out they do) so we are hoping its a genetic thing. Definitely makes you worry as your not sure what's going on until next appointments.
I was told 10th percentile is just the average and what is used as a guide but not all babies at 20 weeks hit that mark. Try not to worry (easier said then done, I know)

I know quite a few people with small babies. My sister in law said her baby’s femur length could mean he was a dwarf- he’s absolutely fine. Both her children were and still are small but healthy. I also have a friend who had two kids who were “normal” sized and her third is tiny. She’s just little, she’s healthy and progressing normally but smaller. I think they will be more interested in “is she growing adequately from this point?” vs the percentile she’s in. I totally get why this is stressful though!

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Hey, I had a baby born 0.3 centile when born at 40+2, he was measuring small from 28 weeks and they ended up pulling me in for scans every 2/3 weeks with the last few appointments including monitoring for up to an 1 hour. Also, just to make you aware there is the potential that they will steer you for an induction before 40 weeks towards the end , I naively didn’t realise this could end up being the end game for me and was very upset that they sprung it upon me at the 11th hour (I declined at 37 weeks and said I wanted to hold out on the induction post his due date which i did)! I’d just ask lots of questions at your next appointment regarding what your current situation means for you and your birth plan etc., chatgpt is really good at coming up with appropriate questions to ask if your not sure what kind of things to ask! Hope this helps a bit, and a small baby is definitely no reflection on how they develop and grow once they’re out! Xx

I'm surprised everyone is having scans for small babies but I was not offered any 👀
I'm going to bring this up next time.
Mine is 6th percentile for head, the rest somewhere around 20%. They didn't mention any growth scans or nothing.

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