Really worried about the U/S tomorrow

chelseabhughes

My doctor stated to me that they found a small spot on the babys heart and that they have to do further testing to find out what it is. I thought it was weird because all of my lab work came back for any genetic disorders and hope it is nothing serious. I was just wondering are there any mothers that have had to go through the same thing. If so please help me out here.

znianiswan

Good Luck

 

Thornrose22

My Husband had a whole in the heart and didn't need any treatments to correct it.My son has a bright spot on the liver and the heart,my doctor didn't seen worried and said most likely it will correct itself even though he was gonna keep an eye on it. Everything will be ok T&P's

SLWoody

There was a post on here last month about someone who had the same situation... then at a later U/S (I'm not sure how long after) - the spot had disappeared!

JVS311

We have been dealing with the same thing since my U/S May 21. They saw a "white spot" on his heart which I found out later is called a Echogenic intracardiac focus (EIF) & is a soft marker for Down's Syndrome.

I went to a maternal fetal specialist for an additional U/S, but he had a "bad angle," so it didnt actually see anything, so I have to go back again 7/2. (P.S. Maternal Fetal Specialists are usually the "nerds" of OB world, so don't expect them to be warm and fuzzy...he freaked me out even more & he didnt even SEE anything.)

I've posted before & received a lot of responses & I have done a lot of research & apparently this is pretty common in normal pregnancies (6%+). The connection between EIFs and Down's is not THAT strong & has medically been loosing some traction. It's more that a lot of babies with Down's have EIFs, not a lot of babies with EIFs have Down's if that makes sense. My chance for Down's based on the quad screen was 1 in 10,000 so I am praying everything is okay & trying not to worry about it for the rest of my pregnancy.

Good luck!!!