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IUGR Baby - Share your stories
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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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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IUGR Baby - Share your stories
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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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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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message ... 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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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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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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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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Rick,
Where in Atlantic Canada are you from? Carly |
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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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