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white spot on heart and kidney has extra fluid (twins)

Twinkies815Twinkies815 member
edited March 2015 in High-Risk Pregnancy
Hi ladies so I am current 18wks pregnant with twins .. At our scan last week we found out that baby A has Echogenic focus of the heart which basically means a white spot on the heart it doesn't effect the function nor is it considered a heart deffect but does increase the chances of DS... Twin B has hydronephrosis which means there is a over accumulation of urine in the kidney so the cut off before it's not a normal amount is 4 ml my baby is at 6ml I was told that this is also a indicator of down syndrome.. They explained that we could have a amniocentesis test for both babies but it is risky and we could have a miscarriage, so we opted out. We did have our 15wk blood screen and that was normal we were at low risk for ds but the MFM pointed out that it's only 60% accurate in twins.. We will love these boys reguardless but I was just wondering if anyone has experienced one or both of these issues and did the kidney dialation correct itself ?? Btw we were measuring 2 wks ahead and our babies each weighed 9oz and were otherwise heathly and growing great!
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  • Mercy&Ella2015Mercy&Ella2015 member
    Hello at my 20 scan they said my baby girl has extra fluid in kidneys. They said not to worry but I can't help it. I hope everything is fine for you now.
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  • rah938rah938 member
    Echogenic focus, while a soft marker for downs, is also fairly common to see in "normal" babies. Both my sons had it at 20 week US and both have no heart issues or chromosome issues. If that helps to not worry as much (know hard, especially with twins--we are expecting twin girls in Dec).
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  • RLroroRLroro member
    Just had my 20 week US Friday and my son has the same thing (heart and kidney) with a negative result on my quad screen. I also opted out of the aminocentices but have a follow up US with a high risk OB next week Wednesday. I'm scared but trying to stay positive.
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