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Mom of a 3 yr 7 m old child3 years ago

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5 percentile abdominal circumference at 28 weeks. what does that means? my doctor told me baby weight is a bit less. Is that it?

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Gayatri DawdaMom of 2 children3 years ago

A. Hello A baby in 5th percentile means baby is less than 95% of other babies of the same age Your baby's weight is less than normal Try to include lot of proteins in your diet like milk, egg, paneer, egg, fish, soya chunks, curd , chicken Also include nuts like Almond cashews walnuts daily

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