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Should I Be Worried For A Small Fetal Skull?

hello my question is my baby is due any day and she is five pounds and today my fiance went to get checked out and the doctor said she has a small skull is this something to worry about



today my doctor said my baby's skull is small and she is due any day do i have anything to worry about
Mon, 22 Dec 2014
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Small skull means microcephaly that detected in Ultrasound,if baby is not having other congenital anomaly in ultrasound then don't worry right now but after delivery baby need evaluation by paediatrician.
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Should I Be Worried For A Small Fetal Skull?

Small skull means microcephaly that detected in Ultrasound,if baby is not having other congenital anomaly in ultrasound then don t worry right now but after delivery baby need evaluation by paediatrician.