baby measuring small at 12 weeks

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Hi this is my first time on here so hi everybody, I had an emergency internal scan yesterday due to frequent spotting and according to my dates i was expecting to be 12 weeks but the scan showed 8wks+2 . I have to go back next week for a second scan but has anyone experienced confusion like this with their dates and could there be a more serious reason for the baby measuring small.

sorry cant help but wanted to say hi and welcome.
Could you have your dates wrong?

No i am sure of my dates as i went on hols 30th of Aug and i had my period the week before.

so going by your periods how far do you rhink you are?

I should be 12 weeks tomorrow.13th Nov. My GP gave me an Edd of 28th of May '06 when he diagosed my pregnancy on 5th Oct.

when my niece found out she was pregnant she was a few weeks behind what she thought. she is due any minute and everything seems ok.
Wait till your next scan and they should be able to tell you more then.
I shouldnt worry too much just now.
Were your periods regular before?

Hope all goes well for your niece. I am prob just worrying about nothing It was just a surprise as i have a 15 mth DD and all was perfect with her dates. I will have to wait and see, thanks for your replies.

let me know how your next scan goes.

Hi i had spotting like you very early on in pregnancy & ended up having 3 internal scans, each time showing a healthy heartbeat & baby was fine. by my dates i was due on 14th April, my periods were always regular on a 28 day cycle, so I had no reason to doubt my dates. But the scans each showed I was due around the 24th April, putting me back about 10 days, I have since been for my dating scan & again the date is 24th april, so I am going by these dates, making me 17 wks tomorrow. to explain the difference in dates they just said i must have conceived at a different time to my normal ovalation! this is my 4th pregnancy & with all 3 of my others my dates were always the same as the scan dates! So i wouldnt really worry & of the course the baby will come when it is good & ready!

a friend of mine went for her scan 12 week one and was told she was only 9 weeks - went on to have a healthy little girl.

fingers crossed for u.

NEVER believe their measurements!!! They made me panic constantly about baby being small...then told me at the end when I was 35 weeks, that she weighed in at about 7lbs.At 38 weeks, I then had a 6lb 2 baby, who was (according to the doctors)going to be about 8lbs!!!!!
It's all guess work!!!!!

Dont worry too much, it could just be that you ovulated a lot later than you thought. I expected to be 14+ wks when I went for my 12 week scan and was actually exactly 12wks, I was also sure of my dates, but must of ovulated later than I thought

your dates are the exact same as mine! i was expecting to be at least 12 weeks but was 8+2 wks! my bump is always the smallest at my antenatal appointments and its quite concerning but iv been told baby is maybe big - i think im going to be early though so u might too!

Thanks everybody for your advice. I have been away form work for a while and so have been unable to get online. I have had three scans since (two of them internal) and all showed a healthy baby with a strong heartbeat TG, all concur that my due date is 13 June. which is only two weeks out which is not so alarming.