Worried, growth scan, baby low on centile :(

[HeavenK76]

had a 28 week growth scan yesterday and it showed baby on 13th centile, weighing approx. 2lb 3oz, which is quite small I guess.
My babies have always been around 6lb so I'm hoping this one starts growing a bit in the coming weeks, but I can't help being worried.
I do have to say that I don't eat a lot, I have a bad appetite, do you think eating more will help??

I'm no expert but I think 2lbs 3 would be about right for 28 weeks and I definitely would not worry if your other babies were also petite.

I don't think eating more will help if that is baby's build, it's probably down to genetics.

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Weight of baby at birth and scan centiles don't necessarily link. Your baby is perfectly within normal limits, 50% of the population are below average! And your previous babies were quite small?

I think there is only a concern if the baby fails to grow consistently, grows very disproportionately, or is outside normal limits. I think unless you are starving yourself eating more will just make you grow, not the baby :o

My baby's weight at 28 weeks was just 2lb, at 34 weeks was 4 lb10oz, predicted weight at term 6.5lb, same as my Ds2 who was 9 th centile. If your other babies have been small but healthy I wouldn't think it's anything to worry about. They are more worried about them continuing to follow a centile line, faltering growth is more of a concern than a baby that is on the small side but growing steadily. Do you have another scan booked?

yes I will be scanned at 32 then 36 weeks.

and yes I do reckon, it's me that will grow bigger and bigger, lol

It's still within the normal range so I wouldn't think it's something to worry about.

The more you eat the more calories there are available for the placenta to give to the baby so eating more will help the baby grow bigger if your worried about it.

Compared to our lil man who is weighing at 3lb 2ounces two weeks ago i think your baby is fine :) ours is off the scales lol and been told is going tobe big

Did you have a 28wk scan with other babies? It sounds likely that they would have been similar if you had....my ds1 was scanned regularly for growth, stuck to 9th centile throughout and born 6lbs full term (still 9th centile) so please don't worry .