Growth scan

Anyone else told that their baby had a short femur at their growth scan ?
Been told I have to have a scan every 2 weeks now but it’s worried me a little, does it just mean he’s going to have shorter legs and be a little smaller when born ?
Currently 5lb 4 at 36 and a half weeks

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We were told this with our first, that she’d have tiny legs which tbh both me and my partner were short so didn’t phase me. But she ended up being 99th centile for height when she was born 😂
I’d take it with a pinch of salt, they’re not the most accurate!

Mine has small measurements for everything. SGA, currently 5th centile at 38 weeks tomorrow. I've been having weekly scans since around 20 weeks as that's when he started dropping centiles.

The growth scans have a 15% margin of error but I did read they tend to be more accurate with smaller measurements than bigger, but not sure how accurate that is.

What did they advise? Did they discuss potential reasons for the smaller leg measurements?

For me I gave low papp-a so that's likely what's impacting the growth. They also discussed genetic conditions with us and also the fact he might just be genetically small but fine.

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Has anyone had anything like this?
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