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mom2dom - 22.9 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
I had a soft maker at my 19 week appointment, too. Mine was small nasal bone. My doctor said that 3/100 babies with a small nasal bone will have ds. This worried me bc i am 26 and was in a veyr low risk group and the finding put me at a 3% ...


Lisa33 - 30.5 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
My ultrasound went good. There was still a little white spot (Echogenic Intracardiac Focus) on her heart but nothing on the bowel. The doctor said it's pretty normal and she does not have any other signs so she does ...


Jennifer5 - 54.3 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
I havn't been on here for 11 weeks now so I just wanted to share my updates. I am 31 weeks and 2 days now:) I had to find a peace with in myself to try and cope with the stress and negative random thoughts that overload your mind when you ...


dylanfreak76 - 63.6 hours ago - Posted in Cerebral-Palsy
I think the information stated in the opening paragraph is a little misleading. As the parent of a preemie who had spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (among other things) I can tell you that this condition is not genetic and is due to trau ...


bexmumtolily - 75.1 hours ago - Posted in test
Hi LeyLee, please don't worry too much about the results of the test. If it was the blood test to check for chromosomal abnormalities then I have heard that there is a high false positive rate. I know its hard but wait and see what the scan ...


Lisa33 - 78.4 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
I had my Dr. Appointment yesterday and it didn't go very well! We went over the ultrasound and they found a bright white spot on her left ventricle of her heart (Echogenic Intracardiac Focus)and on her bowel (Echogenic Bowel). She said they ...


3rdbabyat38 - 88 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
I have chosen not to do any of the advanced maternal age testing because I didn't want to worry and I knew that it didn't matter if this baby had downs or not it wouldn't change my mind on having him/her. I go for my ultrasound (routine) 20 ...


stacie03 - 97.6 hours ago - Posted in Congenital-Heart-Defect
melanyng - I have a 2yr old DD who has TGA, we however did not know before hand that she had it, so we had to wait until she was 2 weeks old to have the surgery, normally they would do it with-in days of birth at our hosp. (UofM), Anyways s ...


dehlia1970 - 237.6 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
I really appreciate everyone's updates! I esp. appreciate the hard choices that some of you have shared and feel that the decision to keep or terminate a pregnancy of a down baby is SO PERSONAL and so incredibly difficult that there is real ...


LeyLee - 256.1 hours ago - Posted in test
I am worried sick, a Dr called me today and advised me a test came back that I am high risk for birth defects? I'm 19 weeks and haven't had my ultrasound yet, so they asked me to come in tomorrow to see if they can spot anything and for mor ...


erikatx - 260 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
it breaks my heart to come on hear and read these inquiries from mothers who might be carrying a child with down syndrome ... to only find that they have deleted their account. As a mother of a precious baby with down syndrome, I cant ever ...


robin c - 263.1 hours ago - Posted in Tethered-Spinal-Cord-Syndrome
My daughter was born with a scar-like veiny patch of skin in the shape and size of an eye on her lower back. Her ped. Doc had an ultra sound ordered which showed nothing. Her doctor said we had nothing to worry about because her legs were ...


aussieqldmum - 354.8 hours ago - Posted in Choroid-Plexus-Cysts-(CPC)
they found cpc's at my 20 week scan but had another scan at 28 weeks and they were gone. my doc told me that he doesnt like the fact they call them cysts cause theyre not its just extra fluid on the brain. they werent gonna do another ultra ...


clairebear87 - 383.1 hours ago - Posted in Klippel-Trenaunay-Syndrome
my son also has had this since birth although we only received the diagnosis today (he turned 1 last week), it is nice to find someone who is not in pain with it and doing well as i am beside myself with worry, even the doctor who diagnosed ...


meesemommy - 508.2 hours ago - Posted in Cystic-Fibrosis
i found out today that I'm a carrier too. no one in my family or my husband's family has ever had cystic fibrosis so I was completely shocked when we found out. His blood was drawn today so we will wait and see if he's a carrier. PLEASE PRA ...


ellae - 512.2 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
The triple screen testing is bologna.. I had 1 in 8 chance of my son having downs, with multiple ultrasound soft markers, including short femurs, intercardiatric echogenic focus... granted he was born small for other reasons, he was born wi ...


kayandrysmom - 583.9 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
misty-if you read my post just below yours you will see its possible. My friends baby had them on her heart...she is now 2 weeks old and perfect ...


kazl - 584.5 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
hi, my triple blood tests have come back as 1 in 98 chance of downs,im having amnio on monday, really scared and worried. x ...


mistymisfit - 598.8 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
anybody else had IEF at 19week scan? intracardiac echogenic foci? (calcium on heart) and come thru it ok? ...


MinnesotaMoms - 771.2 hours ago - Posted in Spina-Bifida
I wish the doctors had been wrong about my baby's diagnosis, but my son definitely has SB and Hydrocephalus. We've been in the hospital 17 days waiting for his surgical wounds to heal. The shunt in his brain leaks fluid around it like an ...


RobinG - 788.2 hours ago - Posted in Cleft-Lip,-Cleft-Palate
(((hugs))) I dont know anyone in my own family but I have cared for a little boy for 2 years that has Velocardiofacial Syndrome (there is a forum here on it) his mom said the syndrome is relatively new in like the last 10-15 years I think. ...


courtenay - 792.9 hours ago - Posted in 1A1V-(Single-Umbilical-Artery)
wow, okay, i havent been on this forum in about a year, since i had my little baby, but i wanted to pop back on and let you all know that my little SUA baby turned 1 on October 13th. She was born a year ago, at 39w 1d (so NOT early), she w ...


janice55 - 793.2 hours ago - Posted in Cleft-Lip,-Cleft-Palate
hi i was just wondering is there anyone on here that got a very bad diagnosis when they discovered their baby may have a cleft lip and palate....im 18 weeks pregnant and doctors discovered at my 16 scan that baby has severe cleft lip and pa ...


sfrizzell1 - 873.5 hours ago - Posted in Holt-Oram-Syndrome
I never imagined I would be in this forum but life doesnt always work out as expected. I am now 28 weeks and 4 days pregnant and we believe our daughter has Holt-Oram Syndrome. We had numerous ultrasounds during this pregnancy due to a misc ...


kayandrysmom - 895.1 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
My best friend had the news of calcium deposits on her baby girls heart at 19 weeks also. She did not get the blood tests for DS early on bc she wouldnt have aborted anyway...but there were no other markers for downs. While checking that th ...


Look-whos-Talking - 909.4 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
i have had tests come back like this with my first he turned out just fine and no ds. so don't belevie them till your baby is out ...


luckymommy - 909.8 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
had our 18 week u/s our baby girl has 2 soft markers she has calcium on her heart and a dilated kidney im now waiting on my blood work to come back and then ill be getting the amnio..... ...


Look-whos-Talking - 911.1 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
I had my tests come back positive for 21 the heart is fine normal the neck had 4.2cc of fluid. but I don't care I will just spoil her yes baby girl! ...


man-da - 938.2 hours ago - Posted in Hypospadias
stracy-ds was about 18 months. the urologist said that between 18-24 months was the best age. but i have heard from many mothers who have done it much youger than 18 months. maybe it depends on the serverity and amount of foreskin??? we saw ...


klderoos - 951.2 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
I hd my 13 week scan today and the nuchal results were less than promising first of all my age 34 puts me in the high risk arena of 1:335 and then my babies measurments came in and gave a result of 1:107 my babies average measurment was 3mm ...


babyonboard1209 - 1005 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
hello, ok at 13 weeks i had a blood test and ultrasound for DS, the tested the skin behind babies neck and it was normal, the blood test didnt come back that well, my chances came back 1 /225, 2 out of 3 of the thing tested in blood were no ...


mugs - 1027.9 hours ago - Posted in Hypospadias
My son was born with a very mild case of hypospadias...his urethra is located where it should be but the foreskin was fused on one side and under-developed on the other. His penis also curved sharply to one side so the muscles along one sid ...


dehlia1970 - 1034.1 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
Thanks to all the ladies who have posted their stories about the Nuchal, Amnio and CVS. I appreciate reading all your stories and outcomes - so thanks for sharing! I myself am having an amnio next week because my NT came back at 1/115. I kn ...


jess2008 - 1084.4 hours ago - Posted in Moebius-Syndrome
Does anyone out there want to join in this conversation? I see there have not been any posts and that this description is a little on the light side as far as symptoms. I will bookmark this section and check back! ...


rennie311 - 1197.7 hours ago - Posted in 1A1V-(Single-Umbilical-Artery)
Greetings, first and foremost thank you to all the wonderful moms that are writing about their success stories, the information you can gather about SUA can be disheartening...this site has been my main source of information these past few ...


stacey23 - 1218.7 hours ago - Posted in Hypospadias
Man-da, I am feeling the same way about the circ-my son is only three weeks old and the ped. circed him last week-I did not realize until he did this that his penis looked so weird....(we only thought he had half the foreskin, did not reali ...


xxjavanaxx - 1243.3 hours ago - Posted in Congenital-Heart-Defect
Hi everyone! My name is Javana, im 21 and pregnant with my first baby. Im having a little boy and his name is Jaden! Im jus full of so many emotions right now but i cant wait to meet my angel! My pregnancy as been really good. But around 3 ...


butrflybel - 1263.2 hours ago - Posted in 1A1V-(Single-Umbilical-Artery)
Hello ladies! I'm so glad my guardian angels sent me to you all today. I havn't got much to write as yet as I am yet to speak to a dr on Thursday. I to had my 20 wk scan got a big fright, came home read up and cried all afternoon. I too hav ...


due4number-4 - 1287.7 hours ago - Posted in 1A1V-(Single-Umbilical-Artery)
Hi All, had my 32 week ultrasound this morning baby is weighing 4pounds as should be the sonographer said all was looking good can't wait to recieve the report just wanted to let everyone know how baby is coming along with the SUA ,will u ...


lin - 1294 hours ago - Posted in Hypospadias
mrs. Parker, hypospadia can not be diagnosed in utero. We didnt know my son had this until after he was born. Even if your son does...its an easy fix and not something to be concerned about. ...


man-da - 1348.4 hours ago - Posted in Hypospadias
My son had a mild hypospadia. We did the reconstructive surgery but honestly, can't see that it made that much of a difference. Hopefully as he grows and the area is larger, it will make a bigger difference and we won't feel so guilty for h ...


partyof5soon - 1395.9 hours ago - Posted in Colpocephaly
Leaving this post here for anyone that follows & gats a similar diagnosis as we did of Colpocephaly because there isnt much info out there on it let alone much positive info or stories. We got the amnio results back yesterday & they are all ...


moma123like this - 1430.2 hours ago - Posted in Hemangioma
hello my daughter has 2 of them one on her left lower lip and one under the skin on the back of her neck.the one on her lip has grown slightly sence birth gotton realy red and puffy.she turned 1 the other day and her first appnt at a derma. ...


partyof5soon - 1441.3 hours ago - Posted in Colpocephaly
Thanks lin...I will check it out. glad to hear your sons ventricle corrected itself...I have heard that a couple times so far & it gives me some hope. ...


oskygirl31 - 1491.5 hours ago - Posted in Umbilical-Hernia
My son ended up with a umbilical hernia around 2 months it freaked me out, after the fact that I almost lost him at birth..the doctors were really worried about it, It was huge purple and blue and some black. they said if it did not dissap ...


clara16032010 - 1497.1 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
Hi all, i'm 14 + 4 weeks pregnant with our 7th child. I am 34. I went for my nuchal scan last week. The lady scanner seemed to be in a hurry (late afternoon appt.) and only spent 5 mins or so scanning me. But because of my increased bmi ...


hollyjh - 1519.4 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
This will be my first child. I was told tuesday that my afp came back positive for ds. I was really upset with the way my doctor told me, but after talking with my soon to be hubby, I felt much better. We decided no matter what, we were ...


lin - 1532.2 hours ago - Posted in Colpocephaly
You should check out the ventriculomegaly forum on this site. Enlarged ventricles are very common, you may find someone on there with a similar story as you. I was told my sons left ventricle was enlarged too, but by 36 weeks the ultrasound ...


andy79 - 1653.1 hours ago - Posted in Trisomy-21
I am 12wks & 4 days pregnant and have had my 12wks ultrasound, results came back with my baby having 1 in 7 chance of trisomy 21. I am having a CVS done next week to tell me if the baby does have DS? I am only 30yrs old, and am very worri ...


partyof5soon - 1706.4 hours ago - Posted in Colpocephaly
I am 31 weeks pregnant & my baby was just diagnosed with Colpocephaly last week. At a routine U/S in our 28th week they saw his left ventricle enlarged (they said slightly) but classified me as high risk pregnancy & refered us to a speciali ...

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