Growth scan

So had my 28 week midwife appointment- all good but after measuring bump- I’m now waiting on a scan within a few days as bump is measuring small I’m not worried as I am guessing a tape measure is hardly accurate but
For anyone who has been in a similar position- what was the outcome after the scan? Was the baby on the smaller side ?
Was baby measuring normal?

Thanks

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Can’t speak from personal experience as never had my bump measured in either pregnancy but recently my friends bump was measuring to small but at the growth scan baby was above average 🤷🏼‍♀️ there can be such a huge difference in the amount of waters one has that I don’t personally understand why they bother measuring bumps

Bump measurements aren’t always accurate and even scans aren’t that accurate either. My bump measurement was 50th centile but my scan says 87th centile and a patient I looked after today baby was predicted 0.5th centile on scan and was born on 27th centile so just shows how inaccurate it can be x

Today I asked my midwife if she was going to measure my bump and she told me they don’t measure the bump because it’s not accurate..

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