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Short femur & missing fibula bone.

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mama2twospecialboys20and21 · 16/11/2025 23:36

hello everyone. I just wondered if anyone has been through the same thing, in my 20 week scan they said everything was perfect apart from fumer bone measuring at 8th percentile , so asked me to come back in 4 weeks to measure again, when I came back she said it’s now at 3rd percentile, so she booked me in to have an ultrasound with fetal medicine the next week, in that ultrasound appointment they said that they can’t see one bone in the femur, likely to be the fibula, and that both femurs are measuring short and one humerus is also measuring short, they asked me to come back for another scan in 3 weeks to see a geneticist and take it from there, I’ve been googling and have come across loads of different syndromes etc, I’m so stressed out and worried , especially because I also have a high needs autistic son.
thank you

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CookiesAreForSharing · 16/11/2025 23:58

There’s a similar thread here, some reassuring info maybe for you:
www.mumsnet.com/talk/pregnancy/5412357-terrified-20-week-scan-and-short-femurs

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