What are the risk factors of SGA babies?

The guidance recognises that some maternal medical conditions, such as diabetes and chronic hypertension are also associated with a higher risk of a SGA baby. Furthermore, increased maternal age (>40 years) and several maternal exposures including heavy cigarette smoking and cocaine use are major risk factors.

What are small babies at risk for?

If there are no other complications, low birth weight babies usually ‘catch up’ in their physical growth. In later life, however, people who were born smaller than average are more likely to develop diabetes, obesity, heart problems and high blood pressure.

Is small for gestational age a high risk pregnancy?

A baby who is small for gestational age (SGA) has a lower weight than normal for the number of weeks of pregnancy. Sometimes this raises the risk of early birth, low birth weight, miscarriage and other problems.

What does it mean when baby is measuring small?

Some babies are small because their parents are small. But most babies who are small for gestational age have growth problems that happen during pregnancy. When the unborn baby does not get enough oxygen or nutrients during pregnancy, they don’t grow as much as normal. The condition is often suspected before birth.

What happens if baby is measuring small at 32 weeks?

But most babies who are small for gestational age have growth problems that happen during pregnancy. Many of these babies have a condition called intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). This happens when the unborn baby doesn’t get the nutrients and oxygen needed to grow and develop organs and tissues.

What happens if my baby is measuring small at 34 weeks?

What happens if baby is measuring small at 34 weeks?

When the unborn baby doesn’t get enough oxygen or nutrients during pregnancy, the baby’s body and organs don’t grow as much as they should. Some of the problems that cause babies to be small for gestational age limit how much blood flows through the placenta. This can cause the baby to get less oxygen than normal.

What happens if baby is too small at 36 weeks?