I had a growth scan and consultant appointment yesterday at 30w4d and to me I thought everything was fine until I sat down with the doctor. He's measuring under the 10th centile in weight and in the 5th centile with length. I'm booked in for another scan on Friday and another the following Friday and monitoring every 3 days. I was given a steroid shot for his lungs yesterday and I'm due another today along with monitoring. If he's not shown an improvement in the next couple of weeks they want to induce him.
I thought they were being a little over dramatic as my DD was small and they just left her to go full term so I assumed they would do that this time around but apparently the longer you leave a small baby in the more you are at risk of a still birth. I'm panicking for him and that fact that I'm nowhere near ready for him yet I've still got loads to do and buy.
Anyone else with similar stories I'd love to hear and know what the outcome was.
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Andysgirl15 · 15/10/2016 08:05
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