April 2015 Moms

28 weeks - dilated kidney?

Hello, I had my 28 week ultrasound today and they found that my son has a slightly dilated kidney. They said its common in boys but of course being a first time mom I'm freaking out. Has anyone else dealt with this before?

Re: 28 weeks - dilated kidney?

  • I just went through this. They discovered one kidney was dilated at my 20 week A/s. It's very common in boy babies, and tends to resolve itself during the pregnancy. I had to go today for my follow up ultrasound, and everything is fine now and his kidneys are in the "normal" range. Did they speak to you about a follow up? I hope it all works out for you. And I think it will.
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  • Yes they want me to go back in 4 weeks. Thank you for your input- the doc said that it was very mild. I believe the guidelines said he should be 5 but is at 5.2. I'm sure it will all work out :)
  • I'm having a baby girl and we're going through this now. Her kidney is at 8 so we are getting ultrasounds often to keep an eye on it. Doctors still aren't stressing too much because nothing they can do about it till after she is born. Try not to worry they normally fix themselves.
  • We had this issue with one of my twin girls during last pregnancy. They monitored her through ultrasounds during the pregnancy and ran a few tests while we still at the hospital after delivery. Followed up with the docs and got a few more tests done when she was about month old. Turned out that she has a mega- ureter and she will grow into with age. She's almost three years old and now we have follow ups every year.
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  • We had this with my DS. They just monitored with ultra sounds. After he was born we did a follow up with getting a cathader put in and checked for kidney reflux
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