[tri-wings] Re: My story

Hi Tracy,

My sonogram was at 7 weeks, and they told me that, at that gestational 
age, they can be very accurate about when you conceived, normally to 
within 24 hours.  I was diligent about taking my temperature and looking 
for fertiliy signs when we were trying to get pregnant, and I was 99.9% 
sure about when we conceived.  When they told me that I was 6w4d when I 
thought I was 7 weeks exactly, I didn't think much, I thought that, 
maybe something interfered with my temperature, or I misinterpreted my 
readings.  Arily was our first baby, I didn't know what to expect.  And 
at 18 weeks, Arily was measuring 17 weeks, but my perinatologist told us 
that 8 days out at that point was perfectly normal, nothing to worry 
about.  Her size didn't become an issue until 22 weeks, when I had a 
follow up appointment with maternal fetal medicine and Arily was only 
measuring 19 weeks.
I agree with you, my sister appeared out by 10 days, and she was a very 
healthy 7lb5oz at birth.  We were told that my son, Conor was 7lb9oz at 
36 weeks and expected to be 9-10lbs y 40 weeks and he was born a week 
later at 6lb9oz.  Sonograms are very inaccurate at measuring a baby's 
size after the first half of the first trimester, but the smaller the 
baby is, the smaller the margin of error, and the more accurate the 
dating is.  Even now, if my dating didn't agree with the dating from a 
pre-7 week sonogram, I wouldn't automatically think that there was a 
problem with my baby, but if I was as sure as I was with Arily, I would 
talk to my doctor about first trimester screening.
We can never be too careful about our little ones, even my doctor, 
sonographer and perinatologist told me to ask questions if I ever 
noticed a discrepancy in my baby's size during the first trimester.  I 
don't want people to worry that there's something wrong with their baby 
if they measure 19 weeks at a 20 week sonogram, but I'd prefer to know 
that people who read this know if a doctor is being a little too 
complacent about the health and well being of our babies and to not 
worry about asking questions and confronting a doctor if you think he's 
wrong.  It never hurts to be educated.

Jean

-- 
Mum to Arily Faith, born asleep, July 8th, 2006
and to Conor, born June 21st, 2007


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