From the very first day, as the baby was born in the womb, he begins to actively grow and develop. Naturally, every expectant mother wants to know how many grams and centimeters her child has added. How to find out the size of the fetus at a particular stage of pregnancy?
Instructions
Step 1
You can most accurately find out the growth of a baby using the method of ultrasound diagnostics (ultrasound). In the normal course of pregnancy, ultrasound is done at 12, 22 and 32 weeks. That is, it is at these control screenings that you can find out about the height and weight of the unborn child. However, this also has its own subtleties, for example, until the 20th week of pregnancy, fetal growth is measured from the crown to the coccyx. This is due to the fact that up to about 20 weeks, the legs of the crumbs are bent at the knees, and it is almost impossible to measure them. Therefore, the growth of the fetus at this time is designated as coccyx - parietal size or the abbreviation KTP. If you want to know the growth of your baby, look at the results of the latest ultrasound scan and find this abbreviation, this will be considered the growth of the baby.
Step 2
After 20 weeks of gestation, the baby's height is measured from crown to heel. It ranges from 26 to 52 cm, depending on the term. However, ultrasound can also be wrong. There are cases when, before childbirth, an ultrasound scan showed the growth of the fetus, for example, 50 cm, and the child born on the same day was 52 cm. Errors in measurements may be associated with outdated equipment and inexperience of the doctors who conducted the study.
Step 3
Also, to find out the growth of the fetus, you can use the standard tables that contain data on the development of the child during pregnancy. There are a great many such tables on the Internet, they can be found simply by entering a search query. Relevant data can also be found in the pregnancy literature. If you could not find out about the growth of the fetus in your period, you can inquire about this in the preparation for childbirth courses or from the doctor who is observing you. However, remember that each person is individual even when he is in the mother's belly, so standard tables can be taken only as a basis, but not the fact that your child will be exactly the same height as it is written there.
