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Re: Echogenic Bowel

From: chris (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:49:46 PDT

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At my 16 week ultrasound they saw echogenic bowel. My geneticist told me that there is a 85% chance that everything is fine, and that in most cases is it just caused by some blood getting in to the amniotic fluid. I am now 32 weeks, and there is no echogenic bowel (although this does not change any of the risk factors.) Two years ago I lost a baby at 22 weeks. I can understand that the prospect of living with the "what if" until well after you have your baby is scary, but there is a much better chance that everything is fine than the chance that there are problems. My baby is very energetic, and growing well, and everything else is perfectly normal. I have decided to just enjoy the pregnancy, there's nothing I can do about it it anyway. I posted two questions about echogenic bowel here 16 weeks age, and received no replies. One lady did have a question about it just a few weeks ago, but i have not heard of hardly anyone (non medical) who knows exactly what this is, so my impression is that it is not overly common. I do have more info from my geneticist if you want it forwarded, and i do hope you can find your own way of easing the worry.

Christine

>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Reilly)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH
<pregnancy-birth@talk.obgyn.net> >Subject: Echogenic Bowel
>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:45:22 -0500
>
>At my 19 wk L2 ultrasound the doctors found a mild echogenic bowel
(only >marker) everything else was good. It was not as bright as the bone
but >brighter than the other organs. I'm 30 and my triple screen came
back >1:4,700 for Downs. They did not recommend amino due to the risk. I
>asked for a 2nd opinion and went back a week later to see another
>specialist. She reported that the bowel was not as bright as before
(it >was not in any concentrated area) as slightly noted on the prior
weeks >results. Again they did not recommend amino.
>
>I have been told this condition happens in normal babies in addition
to >Downs and CF. I have found about 7 or 8 women on different baby
>websites with this same problem. It is becoming more of a common
thing? >How often do you see this finding and the baby is perfectly healthy?
>
>Any information would be helpful. 3 1/2 more months of thinking
>something could be wrong is hard.
>
>Thanks for any insight.
>
>Reilly
>

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