my sister has had two small babies they were classed as IUGR as they were under 2.5kg...so with this pregnancy she is 30weeks tomorrow...she is having extra U/S's to check on her little boys growth...now my question is is Fundal Height a good indication of growth?...she is measuring 2weeks behind at last measurement...so far his 2 growth scan at 20weeks and 27.2weeks he has been growing beautifully right in the middle of the percentiles on the chart...shes a little worried about her fundal height measurement because she was 1week behind at 22weeks measuring 21weeks and at 28weeks she was measuring 26weeks fundal height wise...at her last appointment she had the woman doctor from hell...she disagreed with everything we said ( her EDD in May 6th which is a thursday) she got out that pregnancy wheel and said her due date is a friday (erm no it isnt) based on her first scan that gave her the EDD of May 6th she was 7weeks 6days on a wednesday that would make her 8weeks on a thursday thus she is 1more week ahead every thursday... (i swear this woman if you pulled out a white piece of paper she would tell you it wasnt white) she also told her to ignore anything her regular midwife says...(baring in mind this is the first meeting with this woman) and the other midwives have been looking after her since day one...now i know not every woman gets as many U/S's as my sister and i thought based on that is wether they would send you for a scan to indicate growth because of measuring too far behind or too far infront could indicate a small or big baby...she also said based on her next U/S at 32weeks they might cancel the one that is scheduled for 36weeks (she said that even though the 2babys were classed as IUGR they werent that small they were just over 5lbs each and less than 16inches long) well if they werent that small why is she having to have all these extra scans and baring in mind the average newborn is now 7lbs girl and 8lbs boy... (if his growth is still showing normal) now my sister doesnt want this as her 2nd child Callum (one of the IUGR) babys stopped growing at 37weeks and had to be induced...so this new baby could be growing fine at 20-27-32weeks but his growth could still slow later on in the pregnancy right? so they should be keeping an eye on that?...i said she should complain and demand to see a different doctor after her next growth scan in March..we couldnt believe what we were hearing you are meant to leave an appointment feeling re-assured instead we just had more questions...dont you just hate it when its clear that someone hates their job and because your sister is creating extra work for her to do shes letting her have it when she has genuine concerns...my mums going with her next time i am sure my mum will let her have it if my sister has to see the same woman again....
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