risks are if you have a baby your baby could be retarted

Ann Detmer has written:

'Intrauterine growth retardation' -- subject(s): Fetus, Growth retardation, Guinea pigs

characterized by a slight intrauterine growth retardation, relatively normal growth rates for the first several years of life, a progressive deceleration of growth later in childhood, and the lack of a pubertal growth spurt.

In symmetrical IUGR, the baby's head and body are proportionately small. In asymmetrical IUGR, the baby's brain is abnormally large when compared to the liver.

Babies who suffer from IUGR are at an increased risk for death, low blood sugar (hypoglycemia ), low body temperature (hypothermia ), and abnormal development of the nervous system.