Stressful Anatomy Scan
Jan 7, 2016 17:04:14 GMT -5
Post by txmommy14 on Jan 7, 2016 17:04:14 GMT -5
Hey everyone-
Had my anatomy scan today. It was pretty stressful. I had it done at the maternal fetal medicine specialist that I had my Harmony test done at, and I'm glad I was speaking with a specialist. I'm glad I also already knew we were having a girl so I could focus on the health things.
First, I still have placenta previa, although it is marginal between full and partial and she said it could still move. Basically, she told me not to lift anything, NO sex (until postpartum!?!), no strenuous activity for now. She even told me not to lift my 28 pound son, which is really impossible. She was pretty dramatic about it and said if I start bleeding or it presents significant issues, I could end up on bed rest, in the hospital, etc. Anyways, I'm familiar with placenta previa and I knew about it, so that wasn't so stressful. She wanted me to come back in 4 weeks to look at it via ultrasound at their office, but she wanted me to come back mostly to look at another issue they found.
They found two cysts on the baby's brain. I started sobbing immediately because hearing your baby has cysts on their brain is scary. She said 90% of the time these resolve on their own, and that everything else with the baby looked healthy and they are just found in 1% of fetuses during the 2nd trimester (baby was 11 ounces and in the 68th percentile for weight). However, since cysts on the brain can be markers for other chromosomal issues, they have to watch it to make sure they go away. Apparently 50% of babies with Trisomy 18 (not compatible with life) have these cysts on the brain, which his where the concern is. However, I did the Harmony test and came back low risk (less than 1 in 10,000) for Trisomy 18 and I have no other risk factors (such as issues with the baby they found during the scan). She told me not to Google it, but of course I did today, and actually the results on Google are more reassuring than they are scary. So, I'm feeling better. Has anyone heard of these before? I guess they do usually go away. I'm just scared and wanted to leave the appointment with a "you have a perfectly healthy baby!" report since this pregnancy and the past year have already been so stressful.
Thanks for listening to my rant, and if I was on mobile, I would attach a picture of a giant piece of cheesecake.
Had my anatomy scan today. It was pretty stressful. I had it done at the maternal fetal medicine specialist that I had my Harmony test done at, and I'm glad I was speaking with a specialist. I'm glad I also already knew we were having a girl so I could focus on the health things.
First, I still have placenta previa, although it is marginal between full and partial and she said it could still move. Basically, she told me not to lift anything, NO sex (until postpartum!?!), no strenuous activity for now. She even told me not to lift my 28 pound son, which is really impossible. She was pretty dramatic about it and said if I start bleeding or it presents significant issues, I could end up on bed rest, in the hospital, etc. Anyways, I'm familiar with placenta previa and I knew about it, so that wasn't so stressful. She wanted me to come back in 4 weeks to look at it via ultrasound at their office, but she wanted me to come back mostly to look at another issue they found.
They found two cysts on the baby's brain. I started sobbing immediately because hearing your baby has cysts on their brain is scary. She said 90% of the time these resolve on their own, and that everything else with the baby looked healthy and they are just found in 1% of fetuses during the 2nd trimester (baby was 11 ounces and in the 68th percentile for weight). However, since cysts on the brain can be markers for other chromosomal issues, they have to watch it to make sure they go away. Apparently 50% of babies with Trisomy 18 (not compatible with life) have these cysts on the brain, which his where the concern is. However, I did the Harmony test and came back low risk (less than 1 in 10,000) for Trisomy 18 and I have no other risk factors (such as issues with the baby they found during the scan). She told me not to Google it, but of course I did today, and actually the results on Google are more reassuring than they are scary. So, I'm feeling better. Has anyone heard of these before? I guess they do usually go away. I'm just scared and wanted to leave the appointment with a "you have a perfectly healthy baby!" report since this pregnancy and the past year have already been so stressful.
Thanks for listening to my rant, and if I was on mobile, I would attach a picture of a giant piece of cheesecake.