measuring smaller than i should!!! what does this mean???

[charlotte121]

Im 37 weeks however bump is only measuring 35. Got to be re-measured next week to see if it has grown.
What if it hasnt... what then? Im so worrried. is it something i have done worng. I havnt taken very good care of myself whilst being pregnant as i have had so much on my plate. could it be due to this. Ex told me he didnt care when i told him about it. Can it cause any problems with the baby??? please can someone help me. I didnt think to ask the midwife any of this stuff and now im sick with worry. charlotte x

It probably means nothing more than teh MW didnt measure accarately one time. it a very rough guide nothing more. It almost definitely doesnt mean ANYTHING is wrong with your baby.

i promise you... spend all teh rest of tonight searching MN on thsi and you will find hundreds of women who were told they were too big or small for dates. nearly all of them had normal weight healthy babies

I'm sorry that your ex partner has not supported you. but stress alone doesnt cause small babies. i lost an older son during my last pg , spent months of teh pg sitting at his bedside in hospital and still gave birth to a healthy big boy.. please try not to worry

and you must try to look after youreslf. or better still try to find frineds / family who will do this for you in RL

Please don't panic. I went into meltdown at my 36 weeks scan when DD dropped off the chart!

I had a scan that showed she was healthy but "small".Estimated 4-4.5lb. They then induced her,and she arrived 3 weeks early at 6lb 2oz. I had almost no water which was part of the problem. She WAS skinny but grew well, never lost an ounce from birth as just latched on & fed!!

Last year she got the highest GCSE results in the whole town

Sorry your ex was so unsupportive.

As I understand it:

• fundal height is a very very rough guide only - it assumes a that all babies & women should fit a single measuring model - clearly not likely!
• plus it's very easy to gain or loose a couple of cm if the mw measures wrong - very very common. So 2 cm out is really no big deal.
• think about the logistics - its a bit like guessing how tall someone is by measuring them balled up ina duvet

Fwiw, I measured 4 cm out for both of both my pg - two healthy children, not problems with the pgs. The mw never seemed even slightly concerned - i'm surprised your is asking you back for such a slight difference.

As KristinaM says, do a search - you'll find LOADS of threads saying the same thing.

i would just feel really guilty if there was anything wrong with the baby as i have been under a lot of stess throughout the pregnancy and it only seems to be getting worse... just seems very unfair that im bring a baby into such a mess. It sounds so selfish but right now i just want to curl up, go to sleep and not wake up. Sorry to be such a depressing cow but everything is getting too much to cope with. And theres only so much 1 human being can deal with.

babies are strong little things - they can put up with a lot

You sound like you're having a hard time - do you want to talk about other stuff?

i just have a lot to deal with at the moment. Have kept it all tgether up until now but i dont think i can anymore. I have uni assignments coming out of my ears that are already overdue and i dont know how far i can push the limits of my uni lecturers. But then again i dont know how im suposed to get them done with an 11 month old son and a baby that is about 3 weeks away.
My mum is about to start radio-therapy for a tumour in her neck and my kitchen is going to be ripped out just as the baby is due. Im going to move into my mums spare room with the kids so we can try and help one another out but i think this is going to drive me insane as my younger sister has a lot of behaviour problems and is causing a lot of stress right now. Have all sorts of financial problems and loads of paper work to fill out in attempt to try and caw back some money and ex is refusing to give me a penny... im thinking of cutting his access off if this doesnt change. the list goes on... not sure where i should start in sorting out my problems. theres too many.

I had a rather large baby, and measured small for dates a couple of times.
I think it was because baby was lying transverse, because when he shifted I suddenly "grew" about 5cm or something ridiculous like that.

It's a really, really stupid thing to be scaring you over, because as funnypeculiar says it really is just a rough guide and as far as I can tell has no real bearing on how big/small baby will be

Charlotte121 I know quite a few lecturers at unis. Do you have an advisor or personal tutor or something or failing that a sympthetic looking lecturer. I should go and see him or her about your workload.
Hope they can help u...

I'm 32 weeks and look about 20 weeks pregnant. I carry very small and measure under what it 'should' but have had two good weight babies even though they have both been induced weeks early (nothing to do with size I had other complications) It all depends on how the baby is lying, how much water you carry etc.

I don't think you have anything to worry about. If they were really worried then you would be sent for a scana nyway and as you've not then they can't be worried. Try to relax but I know that is a lot easier said then done

Hi...I feel for you! But do not worry.

I was very tiny too during my pregnancy. They worried and measured. I had to go in every week...I spent endless hours counting kicks and rolls. I pressed every 5 minutes to make her jump and cried and ran to hospital everytime she didn't and all was always ok.

In the end I had a perfect healthy baby girl who weighed in at 6lbs on the nose.

People did say to me that I was not treating myself right and basically making me feel like a horrid mother to be. I did all I could...that is just the way I carried her!

Do not worry...unless you have cause to worry. Size is nothing as long as the baby is moving regularly and nothing else weird happens

Hope that helps!