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Jul 20th, 2008, 20:06 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | fundal height
I dont know if any of you get curious and have a poke around to see where the top of your uterus (fundus) is. I know I like to see...and its only last day or so that I've been able to feel it clearly.
Anyway found this diagram which shows approximately where the fundus should be. It says there should be 1cm of growth for each week of your pregnancy, but I'm not sure where they start measuring from... |
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Jul 20th, 2008, 20:07 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | From reading my maternity notes i gathered the height should be around the same as how many weeks PG you are |
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Jul 20th, 2008, 20:17 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | They should measure it from the top of the pubic bone to the top of the fundus. I have my 25 week appointment tomorrow, so we'll see how high mine is then!!! |
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Jul 20th, 2008, 21:04 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | its from your pubic bone to the fundus,
i had my 25 week doc app, at 24 weeks 6 days an she said you are 25 weeks so really correct
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Jul 20th, 2008, 21:22 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | ah so thats what the midwife felt for when she was feeling my tummy, it baffled me that she pushed my tummey once, this was a few weeks ago, and said yep dead on 19 weeks!!!! i go again next Thursday so will understand now what she is looking for and why she is doing it. |
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Jul 20th, 2008, 22:44 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | This can be wrong.
The whole reason they thought I was 24 weeks when I was 13 weeks was because my fundal height was/is measuring at 24 weeks. Some people have an overly large uterus (apparently) and it isn't accurate. I haven't actually grown in fundal height since 13 weeks, only after 24 weeks will I start to grow again (or that would be logical. Who knows)
blahhh. I don't trust it. |
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Jul 20th, 2008, 22:57 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | Here is another Picture that might help - but as Rae says, it can be inaccurate.  |
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