Echogenic Bowel

miraclemarie

So I went for my 20week ultrasound last Friday and my doctor called me back with results. He said everything looks great but the baby has a little brightness on one of the intestines which is called echogenic bowel. He is now sending me to a fetal maternal medicine doctor. Has anyone ever heard of this before? I have been researching it and it is pretty scary. My fiance told me not to worry about it that everything will be ok but as a first time mom it is difficult not to.

ckalm5

My baby had this too and it ended up clearing up at around 23 weeks. There were actually a couple of other ladies on my birth month board who also dealt with this and theirs ended up going away too. I know it is nerve wracking but try not to worry.

miraclemarie

Thank you for replying to my message. I am going to a fetal maternal doctor on the 14th and they are doing more ultrasounds to make sure. They told me the test takes relatively an hour. I had the down syndrome test in the first trimester and everything came back negative. I am hoping this is nothing to be much of concern but one will never know. I am nervous and not to sure if I would even consider getting amnio especially since miscarriages are very high in my family. I truly could not go through that at all.

Abeja1226

At my level 2 us I had at 18 weeks the tech said there was a bright spot on the bowell, then the dr came in and said not to worry and it was most likely due to me being so skinny and that the picture was just really clear. They asked me if I had been tested for being a carrier for CF, which I have and I am definitely not.

mgade001

Mine went away too. 

618mom22boys

My 1st born had that and he ended up being born with cCMV.

ckalm5

I did forget to add that I did do the torch studies to test for infections and I also did the harmony testing to check further for chromosomal abnormalities. It was horrible waiting for the results but everything came back negative. I am glad I did the extra testing.

618mom22boys

Teacher Clark:

618mom22boys:

My 1st born had that and he ended up being born with cCMV.

Can I ask if he did or does have any issues due to the CMV?

 

We got EXTREMELY lucky with our cCMV outcome.  I must have got it right at the cut off where it does little damage.   When he was born he was SGA and in the NICU for 12 days where he needed platelet transfusions.  In the beginning he had delays and was in ST, OT, and PT.   He just turned 13 on Dec 31st and is right on track with all his peers.  They only side affect he had is he is deaf in his left ear with partial loss in the right.  But no one even knows or can tell until I tell them about it.