20 Week Scan - Short Nasal Bone & Bright Bowel

SaraGore83

Last Saturday I had my 20 week scan at the fetal specialist (I have the factor 5 leiden) and they were doing some measurements. They noticed 2 things that caught their attention. First thing - the dr. said that my baby girl's nasal bone grew but very little since my last appointment. She also told me that she had a bright bowel. Both of these are soft markers for down's (the bright bowel also a soft marker for cystic fibrosis) As you can imagine I have been very very worried about the health of the baby. It just scares me - and I can't stop crying. Ofcourse I love my baby girl more than anything and she will be wonderful no matter what. I am just so worried for her health. I went and got a "Harmony" test but I have to wait two whole weeks for the results of that. Friday I am going to give more blood work for cystic fibrosis testing. Has anyone had a similar experience to this and everything ended up fine?? I had the first trimester screening and all that blood work came back saying that I was low risk, so other than the short nasal bone and the bright bowel everything else looked normal.

On a side note - could the fact that I have factor 5 leiden be causing any of this you think?? Maybe affecting the bone growth??

Thanks for listening - I am just really scared and looking for advice and support.

First time pregnancy

luvboston

My first LO had bright bowel it was due to bleeding and subChorionic hematomas in first tri. She ended up being 100% fine.