Well, I went to the doctor today for my 20 week ultrasound. Everything looks good, except the fact that Little Boy is really a little boy. He is in the 28th percentile for growth. The doctor seemed a little concerned because at my 16 week ultrasound he was measuring 5 days smaller. Today though, he was measuring 10-14 days behind in growth. He said that if he stays at the 28th percentile then we are just fine, he will just be quite little. If he continues to decline and fall further behind (below 25%) then he is going to be increasingly worried and more concerned. He said that if he falls below the 10% then I will be diagnosied with IUGR (interuterine growth restiction) and be considered a high risk pregnancy. He may be coming early so we just need to be prepared for any outcome. So we just need Little Brother to stay where he is at. The doctor said that the best we can hope for is that he stays in the 28th percentile. If he gets bigger than great! but he does not think that he will get bigger, only because he is continually getting smaller with time. Little Brothers acitity level is great and heart rate and everything else looked awesome. The organs and systems are working like they should, he is well proportioned, he anatomically wise he looks awesome too, he is just really little. The best to hope for is that he can maintain the 28th percentile. He says there is nothing that I can do (just don't stress), it is not me it is him. So the plan is to check my measurements in 4 weeks and see where they are at. If I am still behide then we will do more ultrasounds and constant measurements from there.
