My doctor said that my babys head is a little smaller than dates whereas the limb bone and the abdomen were quite on par with dates. Does that reflect that I have a baby with an abnormal head ?
If this is your first scan, then it may be a problem with dates. If your dates have been quite well validated from a previous scan, then it appears your baby could have a slightly smaller head. But so what ? All of us has a different size head, isn’t it ? And mind you, your doctor measures the side-to-side ‘diameter’ of the fetal head and if your fetus has a relatively ‘flatter’ head it will appear ‘smaller’ on measurement. This may simply reflect the head’s configuration rather than anything that you should be alarmed about. It will need a size lag of up to 3-4 weeks before one would start to consider malformations such as microcephaly ( small head syndrome ). Question: I had a scan at 8 weeks and my doctor said the fetus is only 7 weeks, and it was because I had irregular menstrual cycles. I had another scan at 34 weeks and my doctor now said the fetus size was only 31 weeks. Should I stick to the earlier scan or should I use the later scan to fix my Due date ? If my fetus is smaller
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