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About unborn baby's head
I am 27 weeks pregnant,yesterday I have done my scan and doctor told me that the baby's head is 2 weeks bigger than the gestational age,I was taking progesterone injection once a week and doctor told me to stop the injection as she said that the injection is the reason for baby's head becoming big...please tell me what should I do so that my baby's head become normal and doesn't increase more than the gestational age...please help
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Dr. Nidhi Sharma
Gynecologist/Obstetrician
19 yrs exp
Chennai
This is a normal finding
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Doctor stopped progesterone because it is not required anymore as placenta is functioning well at 27 weeks
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All babies are different and this difference in your baby is a variant of normal
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Dr. Pratibha Aggarwal
Gynecologist/Obstetrician
35 yrs exp
Chennai
Hi. The growth cannot be decreased or altered . If there is no discrepancy between head and abdominal growth then there may be Macrosomia . Please chek for sugar by doing GTT . Repeat the scan at 32 weeks .
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