measuring small at 31 weeks

[millsy82]

hi im 31weeks pregnent with my third child and im measuring at 27 does this mean anything bad

[alaysha]

fundal height with a tape measurer is never accurate. If it was through ultrasound then your doctor should have talked to you about it. Im 30 weeks and at my last ultrasound last week I was measuring exaxtly a week behind. It put my rate at 8% and apparently anything below 10% is cause for a little concern. Mine could be because I have extra fluid in which case im going back so theg can remeasure in 2 weeks to make sure there is progess. But if via ultrasound you are measuring a month behind that doesnt sound good to me. Id call your doctor and ask whats up.

[AnnieBrooke]

Exactly what I was going to ask.  Are they basing the statement that you are "measuring small" on putting a measuring tape on your belly?  I always wondered how they affirm each time they measure you whether they are putting the tape on exactly the same spot each time.  (It's not like they mark you with a Sharpie at the top of the pubic bone and the navel and always use the same marks each time or anything.)

[Clysta]

Are you measuring 27 weeks based on fundus length or have they done an ultrasound to confirm that. I had the same problem. My fundus showed me at 27 weeks and I was 32 weeks along. Ultrasound showed she was perfectly fine.