Hi all,
I would be very grateful for support ,opinions and perhaps reassurance as I am driving myself mad here.
As briefly as i can - baby has been measuring small since 20 week scan, around 5th centile for weight though some measurements are bigger, some slightly smaller including femur. All in all though, symmetrically small for dates.
At 23 weeks, I had a doppler scan that found notching in the uterine artery doppler. Consultant diagnosed impaired blood flow and recorded the baby as Small for Gestational Age.Went back at 27 weeks, baby grown along the curve which is great. Some measurements growth velocity increased slightly including Abdominal Circumference, but not femur which remians below 5th centile. Same situation yesterday at 29 weeks.
The problem is that my google research showed me that one reason for symmetrically small babies is genetic defects. I have been worried about this all along because of the short femur. I havent had an amnio, am 32 years old and combined test results showed low risk at 1/ 7,300. I have also had four anomaly scans with consultants, none of which showed any abnormalities. The consultants never mentioned genetic issues to me, but when i asked yesterday after researching it he said yes it can be a cause, but he thought blood flow most likely issue in view of notching at 23 weeks. He said i can have amnio if i want, but it carries risks and at this point there is not much we could do anyway.I just dont know if i can obsess about this for another 10 weeks, and feel like i need to know - but equally dont think i can bear to risk hurting the baby.
Thats it really, sorry for long post - any help SO gratefully received. Others in my situation that i have found online chose to have amnio at an earlier stage, which i wish i had considered now.
Thanks all,
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Symmetrically small IUGR baby at 29 weeks - consultants think it is blood flow issue but obsessively worrying about genetic defects...
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Beastycat · 13/09/2012 09:30
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