My reply to Claudia Twisdale RN re: baby measuring smaller than normal

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I saw my family Dr today for a check up. She could not locate a heartbeat, although she could a month earlier. From navel to pelvic bone, I measure 16 weeks even though I am officially 18 weeks pregnant.

This has been a shi**y day (and week). I am miserable. My baby is measuring too small. What are all the possible reasons and/or outcomes? Is there a chance my baby will be okay? What are the odds?

Again, some real honesty would help.

At Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote: >
>What does your OB say? Is this 1st u/s?
>
>At Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Jo wrote:
>>
>>As some of you may know, I have expressed some concern in this forum
>>about my child measuring too small based on an ultrasound I had this
>>past Wednesday. I don't mean to bother you, but I'm feeling kinda low
>>right now, and some real honesty (good or bad, whatever) would make me
>>feel a whole lot better. Everybody around me is saying "Oh, don't worry
>>Jo", but only because they have to.
>>
>>Here are the details:
>>
>>First day of my last period: Nov 1; Date of conception: Nov 12 or 15
>>(there is no doubt on this!). So, this makes me 18 weeks pregnant,
>>right? Gestationally speaking, my baby is 15 weeks old. However, that
>>doesn't matter in the ultrasound world, right? I have a 2.5 y.o. son -
>>zero problems with that pregnancy. No miscarriages, and I am a very
>>athletic, drug and alcohol free 35 y.o. (and will be 36 on the day of
>>delivery, wich I am told in August 6).
>>
>>During the ultrasound, I was told my baby is measuring 15 weeks. So,
>>from everything I have read so far, including the +/- error of
>>ultrasounds, it appears that this is not a good sign. My baby is 3
>>weeks off in terms of head and abdomin size (ie, quite a bit smaller
>>than average).
>>

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