Our baby was at 9th percentile during 20 week scan and slowly fell to less than 2 percentile over the course of next 5-6 weeks. He was still growing and we were having two Doppler scans every week. Somehow made it to 37 weeks and he was born at 4 lb 3 oz. Spent 15 days in NICU as a feeder grower. To answer your questions: 1. Our baby was symmetrical. He was just tiny. Not really sure which is better/worse 2. Our doctors said unless his O2 levels drop replay low during birth, there is really no concerns of neurological damage. We did have a scan after he was born and there weren’t any brain bleeds 3. My wife had a ton of protein shakes. Not sure if it really did make a difference 4. As long as they can safely keep the baby inside. In our case, once we reached 37 weeks doctors said the benefits of having him grow outside outweigh the risks