Short femur & missing fibula bone on ultrasound

[mama2twospecialboys20and21]

hello everyone. I just wondered if anyone has been through the same thing, in my 20 week scan they said everything was perfect apart from fumer bone measuring at 8th percentile , so asked me to come back in 4 weeks to measure again, when I came back she said it’s now at 3rd percentile, so she booked me in to have an ultrasound with fetal medicine the next week, in that ultrasound appointment they said that they can’t see one bone in the femur, likely to be the fibula, and that both femurs are measuring short and one humerus is also measuring short, they asked me to come back for another scan in 3 weeks to see a geneticist and take it from there, I’ve been googling and have come across loads of different syndromes etc, I’m so stressed out and worried , especially because I also have a high needs autistic son.

thank you

Aaahhh congratulations on his safe arrival

Thank you so much 🥰

Thank you so much❤️
even if he has a missing fibula , I just hope it doesn’t impact his life . I’m really happy it didn’t affect your leg, take care ☺️

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Thank you. I really appreciate it ❤️

Congratulations on your new son. Glad to hear it all went well.

Awww 🥰 congratulations.

How lovely OP - congratulations on your newborn ❤️🎊💐

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Congratulations! Have fun getting to know each other xxx

So happy for you and your family @mama2twospecialboys20and21
Enjoy your precious son ❤️.
Shoes that espite technology and highly trained experts they are not always right.

Hi OP, I am so pleased to hear about the safe delivery of your son. It sounds like we had a very similar experience with the induction and great to hear he has latched well. Enjoy the newborn baby bubble, and sending you best wishes for the next few months. Xx

Thank you very much for your lovely comment.
Im honestly enjoying every moment of it 🥰🥰

Thank you. That is so true, and tbh most of my friends have had similar experiences as me, where they have told them something is not right during pregnancy and then nothing came out of it.

have a lovely weekend ☺️

So great to see your update. Hope things continue to go well. We

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Thank you so much for your kind words ☺️

Hi,

My son has Fibular Hemimelia and ultimately had a leg amputation at 1 years old. He’s 5 years old now and doing absolutely amazing.

He was missing his fibula bone however this in itself isn’t an issue and as long as your son doesn’t have any kind of leg length difference or foot deformities then he should be absolutely fine. It may be a mistake or he may have the most minor form of Fibular Hemimelia.

In my son’s case he had a missing fibula bone, a tibia half the size it should have been (creating a huge leg legnth difference between his right and left leg) and also had major foot abnormalities. I really hope you get more clarity at your X-rays and I’m glad he’s been born healthy 🩵

hello. Thank you for your comment, I’m so happy to hear that your son is doing great, I hope he goes onto do all the amazing things he wishes to achieve in life.

we have just been sent his first orthopaedic appointment for the end of February, when he had his baby check before leaving hospital the consultant midwife says she thinks he’s got a very slight difference in length between both legs, but you can’t really notice it, and obviously his fibula is not there, drs did try to check for it with there hands when they came to see him , but still say they can’t feel it, he has all his toes and his feet look fine.

hopefully we will get more clarity after he has his xray, other then that he’s doing really well for 3 days old 💙

A huge congratulations! Our babies are birthday twins, as my daughter Freya was also born last Wednesday. I’m glad to read that people have so many positive stories about the missing bone, and that you’re nicely plugged into the system xxx

@mama2twospecialboys20and21 fantastic news he's arrived safely x sending hugs and hugs to you all x

Lovely news OP, congratulations on the birth of your precious baby boy. It’s great to read he is latching on well.
Wishing you both all the very best; enjoy your snuggles.