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Old February 4th 06, 02:06 AM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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I am the father of a wonderful 2 year old boy who was born with
Symmetrical IUGR.

When he was born, he was 3 lbs even, 16 inches long and what we thought
was 2 weeks early. A profile ordered by our doctor detected symptoms of
IUGR (which we were not informed of before) and my wife was induced
immediately. Our boy Evan was delivered C section and spent 24 days in
NICU. After further examination, we were told he was full term, or
"fully cooked". So by luck, on Friday the 13th, our little boy came into
the world. The nurses loved handling him because he wasn't a preemie. He
was just there to make sure he gained some weight before he came home.
At 4lbs 8 oz, he was home with us on Day 24.

He is now doing great and is the busiest kid I have ever seen. He is for
now a one word at a time kid but very bright and curious. He runs
everywhere he goes and gets into everything. He is now 25 lbs and 33
inches tall.

The reason why I am writing this is that any doctors and child
specialists we talk to are very unfamiliar with IUGR and what the
longterm outlook is for my boy. He has NO health problems other than the
odd runny nose.

If anybody has had similar experiences, please share them. We aren't
able to get many answers from anyone here in our part of the world
(Atlantic Canada).

Happy parenting


Rick
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Old February 4th 06, 04:11 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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The reason why I am writing this is that any doctors and child specialists
we talk to are very unfamiliar with IUGR and what the longterm outlook is
for my boy. He has NO health problems other than the odd runny nose.


I think the long term health risks are just the same as those for small
babies, which are all very slight and generally depend on how they are doing
now. There was something recently that said that babies that started small
and gained weight fast actually did worse than babies that started small and
just climbed steadily. The risks are much more statistical ones over a whole
population, like on average they have lower IQs, but this is probably not
normalised to account for the fact that some of the causes might be maternal
stuff like smoking or malnourishment that might directly lead to things like
lower IQ that just the (bad) luck of the draw of a less than perfect
placenta.

Our son was also IUGR, though rather bigger than yours, he was actually
5lb13oz when born, he's similarly healthy now, though actually rather
smaller for his age than your son now is as he is also about 25lb, but
nearer to 3 than 2.

Height at age 2 is a fairly reliable indicator of adult height, you double
it, which would make your son 5 feet 6 inches, so not too small, our little
boy was only about 30inches at age 2, so we're hoping this is not a reliable
indicator in his case!

Good Luck

Anne


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Old February 4th 06, 07:30 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Thanks for the response Anne. Your the first person we ever spoke to who
has an IUGR child.

For all others, please feel free to share more stories.

Thank again, this is really helping us understand.



Anne Rogers wrote:
The reason why I am writing this is that any doctors and child specialists
we talk to are very unfamiliar with IUGR and what the longterm outlook is
for my boy. He has NO health problems other than the odd runny nose.



I think the long term health risks are just the same as those for small
babies, which are all very slight and generally depend on how they are doing
now. There was something recently that said that babies that started small
and gained weight fast actually did worse than babies that started small and
just climbed steadily. The risks are much more statistical ones over a whole
population, like on average they have lower IQs, but this is probably not
normalised to account for the fact that some of the causes might be maternal
stuff like smoking or malnourishment that might directly lead to things like
lower IQ that just the (bad) luck of the draw of a less than perfect
placenta.

Our son was also IUGR, though rather bigger than yours, he was actually
5lb13oz when born, he's similarly healthy now, though actually rather
smaller for his age than your son now is as he is also about 25lb, but
nearer to 3 than 2.

Height at age 2 is a fairly reliable indicator of adult height, you double
it, which would make your son 5 feet 6 inches, so not too small, our little
boy was only about 30inches at age 2, so we're hoping this is not a reliable
indicator in his case!

Good Luck

Anne


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Old February 4th 06, 07:39 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Thanks for the response Anne. Your the first person we ever spoke to who
has an IUGR child.


that surprises me, it's one of the more common things that can happen. We
really had a very easy time of it as it seemed like we would have had a big
baby, but then things slowed down, so he wasn't particularly small, also
because I ended up being induced at 37+4 anyway, we never got to the point
of having monitoring, should we shouldn't we discussions about induction,
etc, nor did we have to go into special care of anything as he was above the
magic 2.5kg.

We've since had a 2nd child, I worried a little during the pregnancy, until
about 34ish weeks I was actually smaller than in my 1st pregnancy and
knowing my history my midwife was a little concerned, but then I really saw
what the end of a pregnancy is usually like, that baby packed on the pounds
in those final weeks, she was 8lb8oz when she was born.

Anne


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Old February 5th 06, 05:07 AM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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Height at age 2 is a fairly reliable indicator of adult height, you double
it, which would make your son 5 feet 6 inches, so not too small, our
little boy was only about 30inches at age 2, so we're hoping this is not a
reliable indicator in his case!


What I remember reading is that you double the girl's height at 20 months,
and boy's height at 26 months. If a baby was maybe taken early for IUGR,
maybe you would also adjust for gestational age.


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Old February 20th 06, 03:46 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Rick's VO wrote:
I am the father of a wonderful 2 year old boy who was born with
Symmetrical IUGR.

When he was born, he was 3 lbs even, 16 inches long and what we thought
was 2 weeks early. A profile ordered by our doctor detected symptoms of
IUGR (which we were not informed of before) and my wife was induced
immediately. Our boy Evan was delivered C section and spent 24 days in
NICU. After further examination, we were told he was full term, or
"fully cooked". So by luck, on Friday the 13th, our little boy came into
the world. The nurses loved handling him because he wasn't a preemie. He
was just there to make sure he gained some weight before he came home.
At 4lbs 8 oz, he was home with us on Day 24.

He is now doing great and is the busiest kid I have ever seen. He is for
now a one word at a time kid but very bright and curious. He runs
everywhere he goes and gets into everything. He is now 25 lbs and 33
inches tall.

The reason why I am writing this is that any doctors and child
specialists we talk to are very unfamiliar with IUGR and what the
longterm outlook is for my boy. He has NO health problems other than the
odd runny nose.

If anybody has had similar experiences, please share them. We aren't
able to get many answers from anyone here in our part of the world
(Atlantic Canada).

Happy parenting


Rick


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Old February 20th 06, 03:56 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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our daughter was born on November 5, 2000 at 34.5 weeks weighing in at
2lbs 9 oz. She was diagnosed as severe iugr due to placental
insufficiency (pre-eclampsia). I believe it was symetrical with the
exception of her head which was at the 50th percentile. At birth she
had echogenic kidneys, with normal kidney function. After several
renal ultrasounds she was given a clean bill of health. She came home
after about 4 weeks in the NICU. She is now in pre school and doing
very well. She weighs 40 lbs at age 5 and is 41 inches tall. I
tribute her good health to God, prayer, and love.

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Old February 20th 06, 06:39 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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That's amazing, Thank You for replying to my message.

I am so glad to here she is doing well at 5. Again, as I stated in my
original message, no one around here really knows much about IUGR,
especially with my son.

I wish you and your family all the best. Your story gives us a lot more
insight into how IUGR will mean to our son. He is currently being
studied by some early development nurses here so as to learn more about
how IUGR will affect him. All is well and normal as he is developing
exactly as expected from any child his age, except size. He is still in
the lower 5 percentile for height and head size, but makes up for it in
activity and curiosity. I think I have my hands full!!!!!

All the best,

Rick and family

wrote:
our daughter was born on November 5, 2000 at 34.5 weeks weighing in at
2lbs 9 oz. She was diagnosed as severe iugr due to placental
insufficiency (pre-eclampsia). I believe it was symetrical with the
exception of her head which was at the 50th percentile. At birth she
had echogenic kidneys, with normal kidney function. After several
renal ultrasounds she was given a clean bill of health. She came home
after about 4 weeks in the NICU. She is now in pre school and doing
very well. She weighs 40 lbs at age 5 and is 41 inches tall. I
tribute her good health to God, prayer, and love.

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Old February 20th 06, 09:18 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Rick,
Where in Atlantic Canada are you from?

Carly

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Old February 21st 06, 11:16 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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I am from St. John's, Newfoundland although I am living in Ottawa now.
I really miss the east coast.

Carly

 




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