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Re: 42 percentile

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 May 2002 15:47:31 -0500 (CDT)


At Thu, 30 May 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>On a 24w6d week u/s, doctor found that everything measured fine except
>the head - which measured only 23w3d. And the baby is in the 42
>percentile. How much of a concern is this? Should the fetus be
>monitored again by an u/s, or can these measurements be taken externally
>at some satge of pregnancy?
>
>Thanks.

Anything between the 10th and 90th percentile is the definition of NORMAL.

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