Worried about scan measurements- is there a midwife out there that can reassure me?

[Rubysmom08]

Hi

I had my 12 wk scan a few weeks ago and I read in a magasine tonight about a lady who had a downs syndrome baby and that the short femur length was an indicator.

My scan was when I was 12+5weeks and the measurements were as follows;

crl= 73mm end of scale diagram thing
bpd= 22mm middle of scale
fl= 9mm just under middle of scale

With my first daughter my dates where spot on the babies growth was spot on this time they keep putting me back a week then putting me forward a week. I had had a private scan done at 10 weeks and the scan lady made a big deal abut the measurements at the scan and panicked me a bit but kind of just skimmed over it. My midwife is only holiday until next week.

Also my placenta is posterior low is this a bad thing?

Thanks in advance

[asdmumandteacher]

Am no midwife but i remember in my pg's they said the placenta often starts low and moves up during pg

hope you get all the answers you need

[Rubysmom08]

thanks adsmumandteacher

[Chaotica]

Also no midwife, but had this with last pg. Placenta does usually move - you'll get a late scan if it hasn't moved out of the way by 20w. Femur length can be an indicator (usually with other things) for certain conditions but I think more usually it indicates that either the baby is in a funny position (as I was told) or you have a stocky lo with a long body and short legs (as DS turned out ). He was in an odd position though and that made the measurements a bit out.

Don't worry and enjoy your pg.

[Rubysmom08]

bump

[TheProvincialLady]

If the measurements from your scan were a concern then you would have been told about it there and then. Lots of people are told about problems at both 12 and 20 weeks. Try not to read too much into it

[trixiethepixie]

Step away from the magazine.....

You really can't tell anything until about 20 weeks

Placenta was low with me, raised up later

but I did have a prob and I was told there and then as LadyP sayS. It's not like they can hide it from you