Re: 38/40 weeks?? - now 33 weeks

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At Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Anita wrote: >
>You may recall I posted a letter to the Forum about a month ago
>concerned about the fact that my Doc was telling me that the baby was
>3-4 weeks in measurements less than my due date. Again, for the third
>time in 6 weeks I've had another scan and the Doc is putting the birth
>forward a week every two weeks that I see him. I recall your response
>was that the later you have a scan the more inaccurate it can be but
>today he took the measurements of the head, femur and stomach twice and
>is still sure the baby is only 33 weeks when he's telling me that I'm 38
>by dates. Am I 38 weeks? Do you count weeks from LMP or conception?
>Does it bear any fact that both me and my husband are only 5'5" tall?
>That my mother was only 5' tall? That I've smoked all the way through my
>pregnancy? Baby today is 2500 grams is this a good weight for a 33 or 38
>week baby. The first day of my last period was the 11th September 1999.
>How many weeks am I?
>
>Please help - I feel that I'm never going to have this baby - originally
>the due date was around 18th June, now we've moved onto mid July. Could
>there be something wrong with the placenta?? Since last fortnight I've
>put on 2 lbs and the baby has gained 1/2 lb.

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