Re: polyhydramnios and renal hydronephrosis in 30 week old fetus

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At Thu, 12 Jun 2003, elizabeth wrote: >
>At Wed, 11 Jun 2003, elizabeth wrote:
>>
>>I'm 31 and have had 5miscarriages, 1tubal and 1 son born c-section at 38
>>wks.(9lbs,8 oz) due to toxemia. I am currently 31 weeks with my 2nd
>>son. I was admitted to the hospital at 30 weeks with
>>dehydration/stomache virus. I also began contracting. I was put on
>>magnesium. Out of curiosity my OB ordered blood work. My platelet
>>level was odd so she sent it out to be tested for several antibodies. It
>>came back that I tested positive for one of the antibodies (the one that
>>has to do with clotting).. Before I left the hospital they did an
>>ultrasound showing baby was around 4lbs (at 29 weeks), polyhydramnios
>>detected (25.48). Baby has bilateral renal hydranephrosis greater on
>>right side and bilateral hydrocele. They decided to start me on low
>>dose heparin and 81 mg. baby asprin once a day. OB scheduled me to see
>>the high risk specialist to do another ultrasound . I must mention that
>>when my son was born they thought he had hirshprungs due to pooping
>>meconium out at a slow rate and he had an undescended testicle. We were
>>at children's where it turned out he was just very constipated or had a
>>kink in his intestine. Before we left they did an ultrasound to look
>>for testicle and observed a dialted ureter tube. We did all the scans
>>and it resolved on its own within 3 months.
>>
>>My question is do all of these things go together somehow? Should I be
>>concerned about a chrom. abnormality considering they observed no other
>>problems on the ultrasound. I don't go to the specialist until next
>>week and I feel like I am having a nervous breakdown worrying about all
>>of this.

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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
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Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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