ultrasound handprint question

JuneBaby1984

Hello! Wierd question after my scan yesterday. Do you think if a baby had six fingers the tech would include the handprint pic without telling you? Or tell yoy everything looked.good? I was nervous during the scan so she told me nothing to worry about even though she isn't supposed too...which was nice. But now looking at the disc of picture she gave me the hand one looks like it has six. Fingers..but I feel like she wouldn't put it on the disc if there was something wrong? A lady at work and I counting the fingers for fun and both felt it looked like six but maybe the thumb was bent so looked like 2. Any experience with this? 
 

goldie987

I think the doctor who reviews the images legally has to tell you if anything is off for liability reasons.  I had a minor freak out of my own because I thought that one of the feet looked weird (potentially clubbed) when I looked back at my pictures but I know they would have said something if they saw something.  My untrained non-tech eyes just have no idea what they're looking at.  It's likely that the same is true in your case.

JuneBaby1984

Hmmm true..but where I am the tech just takes the pics and isn't really supposed to tell yoy anything. ..the radiologist looks at it then sends a report to your doc who calls yoy if problems. My doctor only works mon-wed so now I have to wait until next week to ask all my crazy questions! I kind of feel better bc I doubt she would give me a pic showing something off for me to obsess about all weekend (hopefully)

VikingGirl12

I definitely think they'd tell you. They don't really have a reason not to. Ultrasounds can make things look very peculiar and can add features here and there. DS looks like she's got no chin in some pics, and then in others it's very prominent. 

samsonator

VikingGirl12 said:

I definitely think they'd tell you. They don't really have a reason not to. Ultrasounds can make things look very peculiar and can add features here and there. DS looks like she's got no chin in some pics, and then in others it's very prominent. 

Agreed!  But also reassuring as my baby has no chin in our pics!

GinnyJ2012

I've seen weird "shadows" that made baby look weird. I do think the tech would say if baby had six fingers. Does anyone in your family have polydactyly? 

JuneBaby1984

No Noone has that..I just heard of it today from googling. Apparently it's common. Here is the pic..I am starting to think it's a fist maybe and two bones in the thumb? But then I'm worried about his hand being a fist bc I heard that's bad.  They shouldn't give these tjings to hylochonfriacs without immediate explanations..I drive myself crazy.

WaitingMay14

I'm not trained but that appears to be the joint of the thumb to my naked eye. If your concerned though talk to your dr. I'm sure he or she has 5 fingers or they would have told you.  

Lyette1206

I don't see any extra fingers. I'm in no way an expert, but I don't see anything to worry about. Also, I don't know how you could tell if it's in a fist - the fingers still have some growing to do

fishwife799

I'm not trained either but it looks pretty normal to me too. 

MsBeachNJ

Looks like a joint in the thumb to me, stop stressing yourself out! 

violetmarie61516

That looks like one of two things to me, either a thumb joint or a part of the placenta.  Too close to tell but they would not have given you this picture if it were abnormal.

JuneBaby1984

Okay I thought so too..but given enough time to think about things and my imagination goes nuts. Thanks!

VikingGirl12

Since my baby has DS they spent a lot of time looking at her fingers and joints to make sure she had all 3 bones in her pinky fingers (DS marker if they are missing a joint). Like others have said, this looks like the separate bones in her thumb! Looks just like the picrure out tech showed us when she saw that all the correct bones were present  

JuneBaby1984

Thanks @VikingGirl12 you guys got such helpful techs! Mine wouldn't say much ..or even if it was a boy or a girl..she just showed us what I am assuming was a penis and let us guess for ourselves. Ha I think you are right about the thumb..I think I was looking from the wrong angle...I think he's face down with a fist in the air above his head. Hope all is well with your little one . I work with children with primarily autism,, but sometimes ds and often find they are so happy and often some of my fave kids to work with

GinnyJ2012

It looks like the thumb is bent and you can see both joints and the fingers are curled. 

BPaisley

I definitely think you are over-thinking it! It is so hard to tell what you are looking at on those things. With my first, the pic of his face had one big, obvious round eye and you couldn't see another one... I was convinced he was going to come out with one eye... but, of course he has two!

ScoutPout

Is anyone else thinking the princess bride???? 

CopperLane

Where did you hear that having hands in fists was bad? The baby had his hands in fists during most of my anatomy scan. The tech commented on it that it was cute and he looked like a little boxer. Since she noticed it, if there was any concern about fists she would have let my midwife know. My midwife only commented on my placenta being anterior because that was the only thing worth mentioning. 

I wouldnt worry about fists at all! Baby is exploring the motions he/she can make right now and even grabbing the umbilical cord. 

My husband initially saw 6 fingers when we were looking at the hands and after he pointed it out I saw it too! The tech counted through each digit, revealing 5 on each hand (and she pulled up toes for good measure). If she hadn't gone through each of the fingers I would have been convinced he had six. Ultrasounds can be very hard to read for those of us who aren't trained on them. 

GinnyJ2012

@CopperLane hands being in fists isn't necessarily a bad thing. However clinched fists, that never open or flex, can be a marker for Trisomy 18 and other genetic issues. 

VikingGirl12

We've been told about the hands in a fist thing too. Our ltitle one was like it the entire level 2 us but the tech poked me super hard and DD opened them up (needed pics). She wasn't concerned. 

KayDray15

Right there with you! I count 11 toes. I feel like if that is the worst thing that happens, I'll take it! 

JuneBaby1984

Haha Tha KS guys..I caved and called the hospital..the report was done and she said it was all normal..so that must be a thumb joint or something. To the girl that mentioned the princess bride...haha I was thinking that the whole time because my boyfriend suggested calling the baby (joking) inigo  the day before I got the scan...haha I thought it was a bad sign