Abnormal Ultrasound

Usually abnormalities in the heart go away. It's mostly due to the baby still developing. That's why if they are born that early they cant live because they are still developing. I'm sure one of the main reasons your doc wants you to have another ultrasound from someone that knows more about it than they do is just to rule everything out if they can and if there is something wrong they can prepare for the birth. Meaning they can have the necessary doctors there to look at your little baby boy and be sure he's ok. I would do the ultrasound if I were you as a previous post said if for nothing else to ease your mind. We always worry about the worst when we are pregnant and usually it's worrying for nothing. I"m 12 weeks along now and feel like I can breathe i'm over the worry hump. Go have your ultrasound hunni! Plus you get to see your baby again!
Best Wishes,
W.

Techs are not supposed to give you this kind of info. Sex of child, yes. I think she was unprofessional. Also she is not trained to see abnormalties. Get a second ultrasound from a specialist.

Did your ob explain about this form of abnormality? Often ones that are seen initially are gone within a month or less because the fetus is still developing. Did the ob tell you the most likely and the worst case scenerio? Are you comfortable with the ob's explainations? I strongly recommend that you get the best info possible so that you don't spend time with the stress of not knowing. Stress is harmful too.

Hi J.--

I also had an abnormal ultrasound. They told me that they could see the 4 chambers of the heart, but there was a valve that they couldn't see and it worried them. That ultrasound lasted over an hour and she didn't say anything to us about it until afterwards, when she brought the Doctor in to confirm her suspicions. They scheduled me for a follow-up ultrasound and still couldn't give me any answers, but *reassured* me that they were 90% confident it wasn't anything... If you are worried about it, I would go in for another ultrasound with the specialist just for some peace of mind. We did not have another ultrasound after the second one because we saw it as, if there is something wrong, we can't change anything and I didn't want to spend the rest of my pregnancy worrying about our baby...you know? Our baby turned out fine! 10 1/2 pounds! I hope this helps! Good luck!

Honestly? I'd go ahead and get the extra ultrasound. If nothing else it will ease your worries.

When I was pregnant with our daughter they didn't tell us exactly what they were worried about until we did the ultrasound with the specialist. The only thing they brought up was a two vessel cord. So when they did the ultrasound they looked at her heart and said she had a fold in one of her muscles and it wasn't a big deal. She is three now and doing wonderful so neither thing has been a problem. I would encourage you to do the other ultrasound to either put your mind at ease that there is nothing wrong or if there is you know in advance so at delivery you have the tools/doctors needed to make sure your baby is good. Best wishes!

I was sent to a specialist and they were way more helpful then the regular ultrasound techs.

I had an abnormal ultrasound with my second as well. His "abnormality" was in his renal pelvis (part of the kidneys). SO we went to get an ultrasound from a specialist and they found more problems, fluid in his chest cavity. I had a ton of ultrasounds between the time they found the problem and the time he was born. Initially they thought he might have downs syndrome so I had an amnio too. Fortunately he is normal genetically, but even with all those ultrasounds they couldn't tell us what exactly was wrong with him or what would happen when he was born. It was soooo hard! Then when he was born he was in the NICU for 19 days, the fluid was still in his chest and lungs and he had generalized edema. Long story short, they never figured out what was wrong with him. But eventually we got to bring him home, and now he's a totally healthy 13 month old! It's hard to believe, looking back, all that he's been through and all that we've been through. So the one good thing to knowing and getting more information is that we had a few ideas about what might be wrong with him and we got to meet with one of the NICU doctors before he was born, and the doctor tried to tell us what we could expect based on the information we had. We also got to have a NICU nurse present at his birth, which was nice. The down side was that I was miserable with worry for the entire second half of my pregnancy. And for good reason, I guess, because he was very sick. So it could go either way. Best wishes to all of you. I know how hard this can be.

My daughter had a calcium deposit in her heart during our 10 week ultrasound. Our doctor wasn't worried, but it worried us! It completely disappeared on its own before she was born.