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Q: Is My Baby...under Length?
asked by: pinkbaby on January 21st, 2005
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The chart says that my baby should be 10 1/2 inches long...
But my doctor said that its only 4-6 inches long...
Does that mean shes gunna be short? Or shes under...Something?
I mean, whats making her not be up to snuff?
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Kourtney08
replied on January 21st, 2005
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How far along are you?
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pinkbaby
replied on January 22nd, 2005
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22 weeks
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pinkbaby
replied on January 23rd, 2005
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When I went to my first app, they said I was 8 weeks...
When I went back they said it was a mistake and I was 13 weeks...

On my last visit (the 10th) my doctor asked me how far along I thought I was, and I said "20 weeks" and she said "actually your 21, and your week starts on thursday not sunday"

she said that everything matched up with my lmp quite nicely...
So, I dont know.
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mumof2
replied on January 26th, 2005
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Ok...... I hope I can be some help here..... It really sounds as though you are worrying about nothing, if your doc said you were matching with your lmp then it sounds as though your uterus is in the correct position and your ultra sound tech would have let you know if the baby was small for dates, I know this because all of my babies have been sfd's and the way their gestational age was correctly determained was because I had early ultrasounds ( between 6-8 weeks)......
I have seen your belly pics and assure you there is nothing wrong with the size of your tummy....... I was that size with baby number one till a few days b4 she was born....... Strong tummy muscles and her positioning helped alot....... I didn't even get stretch marks with her........ I wasn't much bigger with baby number 2 and now with number 3 at 20 weeks people still dont realise I am pregnant!!!!!! My girlfriend who is 3 weeks ahead of me has the opposite problem and was being asked at 18 week if being full term in the heat ( we are in australia) was bothering her!!!!!
Small for dates babies often catch up in the last few weeks of pregnancy aswell....... Hope that helped....
Cherie
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