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Threatened abortion and baby measures 3 weeks small
So, I know this will be long, but I want to explain the whole situation...This will be my 3rd child, and I'm 30. My LMP was around 7/24. I had heavy bleeding around 8/14, that I actually thought was a period at the time. I didn't realize I was pregnant. It was very heavy, lasting around 5 days, but no extreme cramps. After this bleeding, I want to stress, my DH and I had NO sex for the next month (sadly enough, stressful month- LOL) So, when I missed my period in Sept, I was absolutely SHOCKED to get a pos. pregnancy test!!! I knew that it had to have actually been from the month before. Went to the Dr., had an u/s, and the baby had a heartbeat and measured 5 weeks 5 days. Now, I know that this very coincidentally matches the dates IF the Aug. bleeding was a period, BUT let me stress again...there was NO sex that month, it's just not possible... SO, fast forward to last Tuesday... and I suddenly start having some light cramps and start bleeding heavily. I actually thought I had lost the baby, it was not only bright red blood, but there was tissue as well (although, not large clumps...) Went to the Dr again. Had another u/s and surprisingly the baby was still there with a heart rate in the 160's and measuring 10 weeks 5 days. Bleeding lasted about 5 hours and spotted brown for a couple of days after that. The Dr. says everything looks fine, but I'm worried about the fact that the baby measures around 3 weeks behind what it should- even though the growth seems to be at a steady rate. Anybody have any insight? I'm still worried about possibly losing it since this is my 2nd threatened miscarriage, and the baby measures so far behind...
i've had a threatened miscarriage too. i was told not to have sex until i hadn't bled for two weeks straight as this could bring on a miscarriage and that basically that was all anyone could do. so sorry you're going through this for a second time and hope things turn out ok as they did for me. i know it's a lot easier said than done but try not to worry too much, rest up and hope for the best. the odds of survival with bleeding in pregnancy are roughly 50/50...but increase in favour of survival the further along the pregnancy progresses. mine was due to bleeds in and under the sac, such bleeds are more often than not not seen on ultrasounds. there are many explanations you are experiencing what you are, and i know this is easier said than done but try to focus on looking after yourself, keeping stress levels to a minimal and taking things easy.
Yes, I'm 28 weeks now. The baby measures has consistent growth every time I have an ultrasound and they always say everything looks great. I just have that little worry in the back of my mind that I can't make the dates add up. If they are right about the dates (which the baby measures perfectly with every time) then that would mean the August bleeding was definitely a period. The only problem with that is that we didn't have sex during or after that bleed.The last time we had sex was either the last week of July or at the latest the first week of August. One more thing I've thought about lately...I am RH negative and they didn't give me a rhogam shot at any point when I was bleeding so heavily in the beginning. I just wonder if I became sensitized very early on. I haven't found anything online that says that would make the baby measure small. It can cause a lot of other problems, but nothing says specifically that it could make the baby measure small.... I have another ultrasound in 2 weeks, mainly because the Dr. wanted me to stop asking her questions I think. LOL
You must be getting close now since your original post was back in October. I think you have a right to be worried since there is a couple of weeks discrepancy but if your U/S are looking good I would try not to stress. If you ovulated late and it took the max time to implant and what not that could count for about a week of time.
Plus you cant always rely on the size of the baby based on the parents size. I am 5 10 and my husband is 6 2 and our first was a week early but she only weight 6lb 13oz but was really healthy. Her cousin was about the same weight (3 weeks early) and his mom is only 4 11 and dad is about 6 feet, so you just never know.
Plus you cant always rely on the size of the baby based on the parents size. I am 5 10 and my husband is 6 2 and our first was a week early but she only weight 6lb 13oz but was really healthy. Her cousin was about the same weight (3 weeks early) and his mom is only 4 11 and dad is about 6 feet, so you just never know.
Thanks for responding! I wish I could just dismiss it as a small baby, but I'm pretty tall (about 5'8) and my husband is about 6'. Both our other children are pretty average, to a little tall for their ages...
This really boggled my mind. My friend was pregnant and when she was about 25 weeks they told her she was only 20 weeks based on how the baby looked. Her baby came out smaller than the average child, but both her and the baby dad has the "short and petite" gene which is what she said she thought caused her baby to be so small.
No, didn't have sex during the August bleed...sex was about a week or two before... Just an update... baby's growth is consistent and symmetrical, but I still am worried about the date discrepency. My Dr. acts like there is nothing to be worried about, but I just don't agree. Either the sperm lasted through a period, which I just do not believe is possible. Or, the baby is consistently measuring 3 weeks behind, which is a big deal. If anybody has any insight please let me know. I am really worried about this!
no you wouldnt see anything, my ultraound was the same day as I started bleeding so that why we saw it
Yeah, I wondered why she dismissed that idea as unlikely. By the time I actually went to the Dr. it had been about a month since the first bleed, so I wondered if there would have even been anything for them to see if it had been a twin...if it was a complete missed miscarriage of the 1st twin...
I disagree with your doctor on that front, with one of my pregnancies, I new I was pregnant and started to bleed like a period, had an ultrasound and it showed 2 sacks one was normal and one mis-shapen and thats the one I was loosing, so that could have happened to you, this last lot of bleeding maywell have come from your cervix then, if they didnt see any sign of it in your uterus or around the baby, your cervix gets swollen and alot of blood bessels are close to the surface so some of them coulod have ruptured causing the bleed
They didn't see any reason for the bleeding on the u/s...I even wondered if I had maybe lost a twin or something in the beginning, but the Dr. said that would be unlikely...Ive tried not to think so much about what I know about the dates, but after this second bleed it just really makes me wonder if something else is going on that I should be concerned about...
the only thing that I can think of is that you ovulated really late in july or early in august before the second bleed, I wouldnt worry too much about the dates and go on the ultrasound dates as they are more reliable in the first trimester than dates and they are only a guide, did they see on the ultrasound the reason behind your bleeding?
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