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Re: Single Umbilical Artery

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 11:01:23 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Dianne wrote: >
>I'm 39 years old and expecting my 3rd child.
>I'm in the 3rd day of my 21st week of pregnancy.
>A couple of days ago I had a level II ultrasound
>because I refused all other screening tests for
>abnormalities. The perinatalogist reported that
>I'm having a boy and that everything looked normal
>with the exception of the umbilical cord vessels.
>My baby has only one artery instead of two. He really
>was too informative as to the prenatal management of
>this condition. I'm scheduled for another ultrasound
>in 5 weeks and a echo for the baby's heart in 6 weeks,
>although his heart looked normal at the time of the
>ultrasound. I would like to know how to find more
>information on this condition and how my prenatal care
>should change given this finding. Where and how do I find
>a doctor who specializes in high risk pregnancies of this kind?
>
>--
>Dianne
>

Dianne, First of all, you mention that you were seen by a perinatologist-this is the specialist you see for this issue. As for the single umbilical artery, there is a slight association between a single umbilical and congenital cardiac defects, thus the fetal echo is indicated. That said, at your stage of pregnancy, if a perinatologist thought the heart looked normal, it likely is... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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