I have not gained too much weight and I am about 6 months. I fell the baby moving but is it possible that it stopped growing
2007-02-28 09:17:24 · 6 answers · asked by geekychic88 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Actually it is. My son had fetal growth restriction (also known as Fetal Growth Retardation, but has nothing to do with brain development). At my 26 week check up his measurements were off. They told me to take it easy and not too worry too much, but that he was smaller than he should be. At my 30 week check up, he was really small for his size. They asked me if I was sure about his conception date, (which I was). They sent me to a specialist that said there was a blockage in the umbilical cord. He was getting the oxygen he needed, but not the blood flow. So basically how they described it was that his instinct was to survive, so he was using the blood flow for his brain and his heart and everything else got what was left. (They did a doppler scan so they could see blood an doxygen flow) At that point he weighed 3 lbs 14 oz. My OB said he was basically starving to death in the womb. There was nothing I could do except wait and pray. I had to go to the hospital every other day for a non stress test and a regular ultra sound every week to make sure he was OK. I also had to quit working and was on bed rest. They wanted to try to get me to 36 weeks to make sure his lungs would be ok and they were going to deliver. She said that there's a high mortality rate for this. I didn't make it to 36 weeks. he was born at 34. My blood pressure went up to 198/100 and I had to be put into the hospital. They did another doppler scan and he weighed 3 lbs 9 oz. So he lost weight in the 4 weeks since the last doppler scan. They induced labor and ended up having to do a C-section because his heart rate was going down. He weiged 3 lbs 12 oz (a bit bigger than they thought), but thankfully his lungs were fine. His only problem was he had a big head for his body, because of the way he used the blood during development, and he was under weight (should have been around 5 lbs at that point.) He had to stay in the NICU for 2 days and then they put him in intermediate care. He came home 12 days later waighing a whopping 4 lbs. He's a healthy 5 yr old now that is tall for his age.
A lot depends on how much extra weight you had before pregnancy. If you don't eat enough, the baby will take whatever it needs and your body will provide it, unless you are anorexic and have nothing to give. If your doctors aren't concerned, then you should relax too. If there is a problem, they will tell you.
2007-02-28 09:40:01 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the beginning -2 to +2 cm is widely used. Why do you even opt for to be concerned your self with the what ifs? If the toddler stopped becoming, the two it may be becauseit is going to be a dwarf, you have had a miscariage, or something like that. end nerve-racking while issues are widely used, it is going to in basic terms make issues worse.
2016-10-02 03:16:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be intra-uterine growth retardation and it's possible to not gain a lot weight but still have a healthy baby.
2007-02-28 09:20:35 · answer #3 · answered by Miriam Z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe but i doubt it. a lot of women don't actually gain a lot of weight until they are 7 or 8 months.
2007-02-28 09:21:07 · answer #4 · answered by mrs garfield 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, just wait until the 3rd trimester, thats when you gain most of your weight.
2007-02-28 09:38:10 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ღαмαиdα♥ღ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, your baby grows very rapidly in the first trimester as well as the last.
2007-02-28 09:19:53 · answer #6 · answered by pwrgrlmanda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋