Echogenic Focus?

ShelleyBQ

Anyone else have an echogenic focus at their A/S?  How did it turn out?

davis0905

They found one on my baby boy at my A/S last week.  I go back in 4 weeks for follow-up (because of my hypertension, they want to monitor baby's growth). Dr was not concerned.   He said 20% of Down's babies have the EF,but most of the time the babies with EF are born healthy and normal.  He also said that it doesn't mean the baby will have heart problems later on, which I felt was comforting. 

MyLittleSweetPea

DS had an intracardiac echogenic focus and several choroid plexus cysts (fluid cysts on the brain). I was sent to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (which just happens to be the Level II facility associated with mine- but it is a world renown clinic). We met with the geneticist and the Level II specialists. It turns out all the issues were resolved by the time we got there (which was only a week later). The doctor told us that the technology has gotten so much stronger that they "see" things on ultrasounds that have always been there and technology couldn't identify. You are both going to be fine (but it took be a hundred times hearing that to "almost" believe it) Good luck and remember to keep us updated!

sltommy

Yep our baby has one - so we scheduled a Level 2 ultrasound later this week to hopefully confirm everything is OK. It was optional but I can't not know more...even if the odds are slim, its at the back of my mind. Hoping the Level 2 will put my mind at ease.

ShelleyBQ

Thanks for the insight and support, ladies.  I am glad we're doing the level 2 ultrasound just to hopefully have more peace of mind about it.  It sounds like it's not a major concern for now, so I'm going to try to put it out of mind until we know more.

2junebabies

Yes! I had this at my first ultrasound about 2 and a half weeks ago. When I first got the news I was really upset and freaked out. But yesterday we had our follow-up ultrasound and, although the focus was still there, the doctor told us we had nothing to worry about because there were no other soft markers for Down Syndrome. It was such a relief. I'll be praying that you have a great second ultrasound. Please let us know how it goes. 

kgibson6812

I was just told on Monday that our 18 week US showed echogenic focus.  I work in a developmental clinic and know lots of the research, but I still freaked out and cried the whole way home.  We have our follow up US in about a month, which seemed like such a long time.  However, after reading lots of research and talking with one of the pediatricians at work, I'm much more at ease.  There are pregnant women all around me who have not had this on any of their ultrasounds, so even after being told it was common, I didn't believe my OB.  But seeing the amount of posts of folks who have seen it makes me feel a bit better.  I'm so glad people post about these things.  It's up to God what happens, but I'm a  bit more calm about it now.

Curbs12

They found one on our little girl at my a/s. I'm not going for any further testing, just because my doctor told me its so common now of days due to the updates in ultrasounds.

ErinElaine22

I am 23 weeks now but at 19 weeks my OB found the same thing. I was so nervous and scared...just because you never want to hear anything other than "your baby looks great". My OB assured me that these things come up all the time and there was nothing to worry about. She said if they would have found anything else "soft markers" then she would want me to go in for additional testing, but everything else looked fine. My baby is a week bigger and she said, if it continues that I will have another ultrasound and they will be able to check out the heart again. Praying all goes well with you and your baby.