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Re: Changed Due Date after 22 week U/S, really confused and scared

From: Anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:20:58 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Madeline wrote: >
>October 30 was my last period. This was my first round of Clomid.
>Everything was meticulously charted. I am positive of the fact that
>conception occured during the week of November 10 mainly because this
>was the last time we had sex in November.
>
>On 11/22 I took a pregnancy test/positive. At 10 weeks I had an U/S and
>my doctor confirmed that "size equaled dates". My due date was set at
>August 6th.
>
>At 20 weeks I had a second ultrasound. This one showed my baby
>measuring small. They simply changed my due date to August 16, 10 days
>later.
>
>At 22 weeks I had another U/S and my baby was measuring small again and
>at this one they moved my due date even further back to August 19!!!
>This makes it 13 days past my original due date.
>
>I've spoken to my doctor about my concern that she is dicounting my
>worries that my baby is not growing properly and simply just changing my
>due date to accomodate my baby's small size. When I explained
>everything she told me that she couldn't go by when I said I had sex
>last and that she had to go by technology.
>
>So here lies my frustration and concerns. Would someone please help me
>shed some light into this. Am I worrying over nothing? Or does the
>issue that my baby is small need to really be addressed. I remember
>reading that later U/S's should not be used to date a pregnancy. Plus
>according to her new due date, conception would have occured 2 weeks
>after we had sex and my pregnancy test would have come out positive 2
>days after conception, which all seems highly doubtful. Plus there is
>the first 10 week U/S which confirmed the original dates.

I've always been taught to use the earliest u/s. Later U/s do not give good dates, since every baby grows differently. If they all grew the same, then they all would weigh the same at birth. I would think, however, since you are measuring small, that your dr would watch you and do frequent u/s, to r/o IUGR. take care and good luck

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