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What Does Unborn Baby S Head Less Circumference Mean In Pregnancy?
Hid, ma y I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here... my sister is pregnant and it s her 9th month doctor said that her baby s head crcmfrence is less as cmpare to the body . so wht does that mean? is the child mentally retarted?
Fri, 20 Nov 2015
I think that that first the problem needs to be assessed as to why the baby's head circumference is small ,it may be due to that baby is iugr or low birth weight also congenital malformations needs to be ruled out
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