two things about this baby...
something that has happened several times to me, but never fails to throw me off: measurements. one of the first things we do when doing ob patients is to measure the baby. we do the head, abdomen and femur (thigh bone).
usually these measurements are within a week of eachother, quickly measured and off to other body parts.
well this little guy had a leg bone measuring almost three weeks behind. when you averaged all three, he was in the normal range overall but it is always worrisome to have one of the three lagging behind the others. i scanned the hell out of him and found nothing wrong. he was perfect in every way. i did a last minute check of that leg again and just punched the data into the report hoping this is not some kind of dwarfism i am missing (they are usually pretty easy to catch, i have seen a lot of them). (oh, if the abdomen measurement is lagging, this is the most important of the three because it is related to the baby's weight more than the others, it suggests problems with the placenta and other really serious nutritional issues. the leg and head are more stable since they are bones, not fat.)
ok, so off i go to find the husband for the show and tell (i did not see him when i went to get the mama earlier) and YES the guy is seriously short, like less than 5 feet tall, i am looking DOWN on him. ok, not so funny, but at least it makes sense! short papa, short baby. no problem. perfect in every way! whew!!!
and he is definitely a HE (second funny thing).
big phew!
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