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Baby not following growth chart

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Greenqueen27 · 03/04/2023 11:04

I'm almost 33 weeks with baby no.4 and had my midwife appointment today, baby is measuring 2 weeks behind after following the 50th centile up until now.

in my previous pregnancies all babies growth has been consistent so this is a first. My partner is 6 foot 5 so we have big babies that seem to stay big! I've got a growth scan in 2 days but just wondered if anyone had experience.

do they take into account the size of my previous babies when doing the growth scan? Or just go by what they see? My concern is that baby will be a good size on the scan but still not big enough compared to our other children.

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granddadtumble · 03/04/2023 11:41

I had this.

Both my babies were measuring small, but for my second they didn't take into account my first during growth scans.

The growth chart already takes it into account, so I think that's their only point of reference.

I had a second growth scan at 39 weeks with DD2 and she was still measuring small. I had to be induced and she was born at a pretty average 6.5lb.

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