PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for May, 2001: Re: Could only see three chambers of the heart on u/s and worried

Re: Could only see three chambers of the heart on u/s and worried

From: Sarah (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 May 2001 17:08:50 -0500 (CDT)

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Can you get a second opinion? A nurse I met at the hospital told me that she had had a "bad" u/s scan at 20 weeks where the perinatologist told her that the baby only had one kidney, and the esophagus was not connected to the stomach... the peri told her she needed an abortion. She went and got a second opinion from another peri and this one told her that the scan looked fine. Her baby was born and was healthy. She kept telling me that she was glad that she didn't make a huge decision based just on the one doctor's opinion....

At Tue, 29 May 2001, Meredith wrote: >
>I had my u/s today and the tech freaked me out. She
>measured forever and when she finally let me see she
>showed me the head and the heart. I had been hearing
>about the defect where the baby's skull is not complete
>(sorry I don't remember the name of it) so I asked if
>the whole skull was there and she said yes. But when I
>asked if all four chambers of the heart were there, she
>said she couldn't tell me. I was scared something was
>wrong and the doctor seemed to take forever looking at
>them. When I was finally able to see him, he told me
>that they couldn't see all four chambers and that he
>wouldn't do another u/s to confirm they were there. I
>asked if my baby could live with just three and he said
>no. He wouldn't do the u/s because he said it wouldn't
>change the outcome. I want to know if my baby is okay.
>Have any of you experienced this? What was the outcome? What should I
>do?
>Thanks,
>Meredith
>edd 10-3-01

--
Sarah

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