Re: Baby's limb measurements on ultrasound

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Valerie

At Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Angie wrote:
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>I had an ultrasound done at 32 weeks to measure the baby.  The results
>came back stating that the baby's head and abdomen were measuring around
>35 weeks, and that the baby's limbs were "somewhat less than expected"
>measuring in at around 31.5 weeks.  Other than that, there were no fetal
>abnormalities.  My ultrasound at 20 weeks also stated no fetal
>abnormalities.  I am conerned about the wording the radiologist used to
>describe the baby's limbs.  My midwife told me there is nothing to worry
>about and that it just means that the baby arms and legs are just
>slightly below the average 50th percentile (about 45th percentile).  Does
>a bigger head and torso and slightly smaller limbs mean there is
>possibly something wrong with the baby? Or does it mean the radiologist
>was just going according to the percentile range of fetal growth? any
>insight you can offer would be helpful.

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