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Baby measuring small for dates

From: Melinda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:45:57 -0500 (CDT)

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I had a routine ultrasound at 18 weeks of pregnancy and am now 24 weeks. At the time the technician indicated that the measurements, etc of the baby were fine but the due date was 9 days later than stated. I discussed this with my midwife and we decided that we would follow the baby's growth as usual through measuring the fundal height and if it appeared the baby was small, we would do another ultrasound around 28 weeks. She said that normally in this situation, the due date would simply be changed because there were no other indications of a problem. I would not agree to this because I know it is *impossible* that the baby was conceived 9 days later. Two days ago the midwife called me and told me that the ultrasound technician had said that the 9 day lag may indicate a chromosomal abnormality. I was quite surprised by this and am now trying to figure it out. The midwife said she doesn't know how often a child with a problem like this would show no other signs of abnormality, and she didn't really say what the chances are. At this point,I do not want to jump on the further diagnostic test wagon without a really clear reason why...my feeling is that this isn't a clear reason to do so. So far I have decided to go in for my regular July appointment and check fundal measurements then and maybe do another ultrasound then. I measured myself yesterday and was 22cm as close as I can tell. I feel I need more information about this, because I don't want to be in denial about a possible problem either. What do you think?

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