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What Is The Normal Growth Of Baby During Second Trimester?
hi, my baby BPD is 37 mm, and FL is 23 mm, and AC is 94 mm, and HC is 137 mm, and i am 16 weeks pregnant...does these measures match with the normal growth of my baby, and do they say anything about the health of my baby?....and can these measures detect weather it is a baby boy or girl
Mon, 25 Apr 2016
Hello, thanks for the query. Let me explain you,
1. What is more important than the measurement is the centile marking on the fetal growth chart provided by your sonologist report. ( it looks like a graph for each category with upper limit and lower limit) .you can say values are normal if it falls between 5th and 95th percentile. Anything above or below it is a concern.
2. These measurements when in normal range suggests baby s physical growth is appropriate.
3.For structural growth you need to rely on anomaly scan done between 18 to 20 weeks.
4.Lastly, it is not possible to detect gender of the baby based on these measurements.
Hope your query is satisfactorily answered. Good luck.
1. What is more important than the measurement is the centile marking on the fetal growth chart provided by your sonologist report. ( it looks like a graph for each category with upper limit and lower limit) .you can say values are normal if it falls between 5th and 95th percentile. Anything above or below it is a concern.
2. These measurements when in normal range suggests baby s physical growth is appropriate.
3.For structural growth you need to rely on anomaly scan done between 18 to 20 weeks.
4.Lastly, it is not possible to detect gender of the baby based on these measurements.
Hope your query is satisfactorily answered. Good luck.
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