Fundal height - panicking!

[Demdem6]

Hi everyone

so I am just over 28 weeks and today they measured my bump. She’s plotted it below 3rd centile and has referred me for a growth scan. The only problem is I worry about every single little thing as it is so this has a course sent me into a panic although she told me please don’t. A lot easier said than done, especially for me.

Anyway, I know it’s best to wait for the growth scan, but I am seriously winding myself up. I’m just wondering if anyone else has been through this and everything was fine. My bump was always small with my last pregnancy as well and baby was average, however, I never got any comments about my bump being small from the midwife as I was having growth scans anyway due to low PAP A

I had growth scans with my second, can't remember how far into my pregnancy but it was pretty late. After the second scan, the Dr said baby's growth was nothing to worry about and someone has to be at the bottom of the average range otherwise it wouldn't be a range!

As it turns out, she was a little under 7lbs at 40+1 when she was born and is now in 4-5 clothes because she's so bloody tall at 3.5 years old!

Easier said than done, I know, but please don't worry unless they tell you to worry. There's a good chance it won't be anything concerning ❤️

Thank you so much 🥺 this is reassuring x

Try to put it out of your mind until you know. My first baby was big so I expected the same this time. Told at 24 weeks baby looked like they were below 10th centile, went for a growth scan and they're on the 34th centile so absolutely fine. Bump measuring and even the scans can be very inaccurate (I was told by the sonographer she could take the same measurements 3x and get 3 different numbers). As long as baby is growing then everything is probably fine but they have to check :)

I had growth scans. They told me baby would be around 5lbs if I went to term. I had to be induced three weeks early, and was convinced during labour baby was going to be tiny. She was actualy 6lbs2ozs. Admittedly she was only 44.5cm, so was small. She's fully grown now - about 5ft in height. She's happy, hasn't stopped her doing anything in life.

I was sent for growth scans at 28 weeks (told 22nd centile) and 32 weeks (told 45th centile). My bump always measured weeks behind and they were convinced he was going to be low centile.

He was born 33+1 weeks (nothing to do with growth) and was 65th centile at 4lb 3oz at birth, which is a very decent weight for that gestation. Bump measurements can be horrendously inaccurate.

I was referred for growth scans because my fundal height was 7th percentile, scans then showed 32nd percentile and baby born at 51st percentile- he was just really scrunched up because my bump was small.

Things like having strong abdominal muscles can cause a bump to measure small. Sit tight, it’s worrying but fundal height isn’t particularly accurate

My bump was measuring below the 1st centile throughout pregnancy, growth scans measured baby as 34th centile and he was born 25th centile xx