U/S Help

[fejkalove]

Hello,

I'm 21+5 and just wondered if anyone could tell me where the 22nd centile sits in terms of 'normal' for estimated fetal growth?

Thank you,

As long as it continues along the same centile line, it’s absolutely fine. Some babies are small.

@2022IamHavingYa

As long as it continues along the same centile line, it’s absolutely fine. Some babies are small.

Sorry I probably didn't explain well, the sonographer kept going on about my high BMI and that I'll have to have extra growth scans etc so I was worrying the baby is measuring higher than average? Not sure where 22nd centile sits?

Thank you,

50th percentile is 'average'. A baby on the 22nd percentile is on the smaller side (ie 78% of babies at the same gestation will be bigger).

If there are 100 babies, on average, 78 of them will be bigger than yours and 21 will be smaller. So your baby is smaller than average, not larger. Not a cause for concern so long as your baby keeps on measuring roughly around that percentile. That's why they want to do more scans, just to keep an eye on it.

Thank you all, I just felt fat shamed and that she thought this baby was going to huge and that's why they need to do extra scans.