Baby has a small head

Hi all,just came back from an extra scan. At 20 weeks the baby's body was around the 50th percentile mark(middle line) but the head was more on the 10th percentile. Since the I've had two scans, one at 31 weeks which showed same thing but the baby's head dropped below the 10th percentile line and now almost 34 weeks and although everything has grown(including the head) ,the head is still tracking under the 3rd percentile line now. They have referred me for further investigation. Has anyone had a similar experience? What scans are done?

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Hi lovely, I had the same thing when I was pregnant with my little one! I was referred for further scans but done by a more professional team and they just helped to keep track of the measurements each week. But when my LO was born his head was a normal size x

I have a 5 week old little girl. And when i was in hospital they told me my baby girls head was small but she was only 5lb 2oz.. My baby girl had a head scan and all was okay. It was just because she was small born 2 weeks early..

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