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What Can Be Done If The Fetus Length Is Lesser Than Normal During 14 Weeks Of Pregnancy?

My name isn t Bibin. My wife is 14 weeks pregnant. Today we did ultrasound scanning and it shows the baby length as 8.12cm. But the sonographer is not happy with this and she told us the average length should be 8.5cm and they give appointment to us tomorrow to conduct one more scanning. Me and my wife is too much worried. This is our first baby. Is there anything to get worried?
Tue, 11 Sep 2018
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Hi I think it can be normal variation also. Sometimes there are observer variation also. You can get a repeat scan done and confirm it. Also if findings are same, you can go for a growth scan after 4 weeks and see if size has grown normally or not. Don't worry too much about a single scan. Hope it helps.
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What Can Be Done If The Fetus Length Is Lesser Than Normal During 14 Weeks Of Pregnancy?

Hi I think it can be normal variation also. Sometimes there are observer variation also. You can get a repeat scan done and confirm it. Also if findings are same, you can go for a growth scan after 4 weeks and see if size has grown normally or not. Don t worry too much about a single scan. Hope it helps.