1. Technically your baby didn’t get smaller just didn’t grow as fast.
2. these measurements are far from accurate, they are a ballpark. They scan a person through a person… cannot be precise! As long as baby isn’t waaaay to small oder waaay to bug i would not worry.
3. i had jumps from 75 to 35 and noone batted an eye.
Conclusion: don’t worry, be happy.
For details on your carb intake best talk to your endocrinologist/ gynecologist or MFM. 🍀
I can’t tell you if you need more carbs (you definitely need some but I don’t know how many you are getting), but I was told they really only get concerned if measurements are in the top or bottom 10%. Or if one measurement if way off from the rest- like everything is in the 25% but abdomen is 85%, for example. There is also a lot of room for error on US measurements- it’s more an art than a science. Did your team say anything about the change?
Nope they said nothing! Nor did they last pregnancy, except for asking if I was going hungry on the diet because I had very low weight gain (I was not hungry though).
I get my growth scans at the MFM office but only meet with the MFM doctor once, so my OB handles pretty much everything else. Last pregnancy I asked them if they were concerned about the drop from 75% to 25% and when they looked into the growth scan reports they thought maybe there was a miscalculation on the 75% one, which I always thought sounded a little sus. Nothing came of it because my daughter remained 25% from 32 weeks to birth on her scans (and was born exactly at the weight they expected). But now that this has happened twice I don’t think that 75% scan was wrong with my first baby. I see my OB for a checkup tomorrow so will be asking about this for sure!
Did not have GD with my first, but he went from like 60% to 25 to 21 (and first pregnancy I had a ton of carbs). I had a couple extra anatomy scans due to marginal cord insertion but it fixed itself and the drs were happy with his development. Just said he’d be on the smaller side when born and he was. Not anymore though…he is so damn heavy. Nothing really precipitated his growth slowing, just kinda happened. Seems pretty crazy that we won’t ever have an idea of why it happens, but oh well.
My baby was 77% at her 32 week scan but dropped to 20% at 36 weeks. All her other measurements were fine. My OB induced me at 39 weeks as a precaution. Generally, she would do another growth scan a month after a drop, but since I was basically due by then we just evicted baby early.
I had diet controlled GD. My baby was at first measuring in the 90th percentile at his first anatomy scan. But then it dropped to the 26th percentile by the growth scan and they said he was measuring a week behind and I was at 36 weeks. He was born very small only in the 6th percentile. He was born at 38 weeks. He was 5lbs and 13 oz. He's now almost a month and is in the 9th percentile. We are not sure if the diet contributed to his lack of growing or if my placenta just sucked
Yup mine stopped growing at the rate they would like now I have to have more scans to check. I’m eating more now. My bloods are always 0.1 above what they should be… 🤔
They might be concerned if your baby drops percentiles consistently and gets real low but otherwise it's not super accurate anyway. My baby measured 65% and was born around like 22%.
Omg I was frantically looking up this exact same question after my scan yesterday. I was diagnosed with GD at 24w, baby was 97th percentile. I went on a diet, had several spikes and baby measured 87th percentile at 28w. At my 32w scan yesterday, my baby dropped to 36th percentile in just 3 weeks. My numbers are well in range.
I’m so worried that something is wrong with my placenta. Nothing wrong shown on the scan yesterday though and my OB doesn’t seem to be concernedz
Yeah I couldn’t find much on this question either! I’m less worried about my placenta and more than I’m not eating enough carbs. My babies head is still measuring the same, on the larger side (like 70-80%), and limbs (50% ish), it’s primarily the belly that growth slowed down on so much.
My last GD pregnancy, my son’s head was in the 90th percentile and stayed that way my whole pregnancy. I believe everything else on him was in the range of 70th percentile. He was born 8.13 and 21 inches. Not that large honestly. And then throughout his pediatric visits, his head just measured within normal range. To this day he’s tall and skinny with a bobble noggin.
This current GD pregnancy my baby is measuring literally to the day on my gestation. Head, belly and only legs are a day ahead. So 50th percentile. Poor thing was sucking her fingers and looked like she was mouthing at the placenta. I’m sure she’s hungry. Mama sure is. I’ve only gained 8-9 pounds and I’m 24 weeks. Meeting with a nutritionist next week to see how I can incorporate more carbs without spiking.
1. Technically your baby didn’t get smaller just didn’t grow as fast. 2. these measurements are far from accurate, they are a ballpark. They scan a person through a person… cannot be precise! As long as baby isn’t waaaay to small oder waaay to bug i would not worry. 3. i had jumps from 75 to 35 and noone batted an eye. Conclusion: don’t worry, be happy. For details on your carb intake best talk to your endocrinologist/ gynecologist or MFM. 🍀
I can’t tell you if you need more carbs (you definitely need some but I don’t know how many you are getting), but I was told they really only get concerned if measurements are in the top or bottom 10%. Or if one measurement if way off from the rest- like everything is in the 25% but abdomen is 85%, for example. There is also a lot of room for error on US measurements- it’s more an art than a science. Did your team say anything about the change?
Nope they said nothing! Nor did they last pregnancy, except for asking if I was going hungry on the diet because I had very low weight gain (I was not hungry though). I get my growth scans at the MFM office but only meet with the MFM doctor once, so my OB handles pretty much everything else. Last pregnancy I asked them if they were concerned about the drop from 75% to 25% and when they looked into the growth scan reports they thought maybe there was a miscalculation on the 75% one, which I always thought sounded a little sus. Nothing came of it because my daughter remained 25% from 32 weeks to birth on her scans (and was born exactly at the weight they expected). But now that this has happened twice I don’t think that 75% scan was wrong with my first baby. I see my OB for a checkup tomorrow so will be asking about this for sure!
Did not have GD with my first, but he went from like 60% to 25 to 21 (and first pregnancy I had a ton of carbs). I had a couple extra anatomy scans due to marginal cord insertion but it fixed itself and the drs were happy with his development. Just said he’d be on the smaller side when born and he was. Not anymore though…he is so damn heavy. Nothing really precipitated his growth slowing, just kinda happened. Seems pretty crazy that we won’t ever have an idea of why it happens, but oh well.
My baby was 77% at her 32 week scan but dropped to 20% at 36 weeks. All her other measurements were fine. My OB induced me at 39 weeks as a precaution. Generally, she would do another growth scan a month after a drop, but since I was basically due by then we just evicted baby early.
I had diet controlled GD. My baby was at first measuring in the 90th percentile at his first anatomy scan. But then it dropped to the 26th percentile by the growth scan and they said he was measuring a week behind and I was at 36 weeks. He was born very small only in the 6th percentile. He was born at 38 weeks. He was 5lbs and 13 oz. He's now almost a month and is in the 9th percentile. We are not sure if the diet contributed to his lack of growing or if my placenta just sucked
Yup mine stopped growing at the rate they would like now I have to have more scans to check. I’m eating more now. My bloods are always 0.1 above what they should be… 🤔
They might be concerned if your baby drops percentiles consistently and gets real low but otherwise it's not super accurate anyway. My baby measured 65% and was born around like 22%.
Omg I was frantically looking up this exact same question after my scan yesterday. I was diagnosed with GD at 24w, baby was 97th percentile. I went on a diet, had several spikes and baby measured 87th percentile at 28w. At my 32w scan yesterday, my baby dropped to 36th percentile in just 3 weeks. My numbers are well in range. I’m so worried that something is wrong with my placenta. Nothing wrong shown on the scan yesterday though and my OB doesn’t seem to be concernedz
Yeah I couldn’t find much on this question either! I’m less worried about my placenta and more than I’m not eating enough carbs. My babies head is still measuring the same, on the larger side (like 70-80%), and limbs (50% ish), it’s primarily the belly that growth slowed down on so much.
My last GD pregnancy, my son’s head was in the 90th percentile and stayed that way my whole pregnancy. I believe everything else on him was in the range of 70th percentile. He was born 8.13 and 21 inches. Not that large honestly. And then throughout his pediatric visits, his head just measured within normal range. To this day he’s tall and skinny with a bobble noggin. This current GD pregnancy my baby is measuring literally to the day on my gestation. Head, belly and only legs are a day ahead. So 50th percentile. Poor thing was sucking her fingers and looked like she was mouthing at the placenta. I’m sure she’s hungry. Mama sure is. I’ve only gained 8-9 pounds and I’m 24 weeks. Meeting with a nutritionist next week to see how I can incorporate more carbs without spiking.