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Please help...From: Diana (diana34@swbell.net)Tue Dec 12 17:38:55 2000
I just got a call from my OBGYN telling me that they found an area in my baby's head (I'm 20wks and it's a boy). They said that this is not unusual and usually clears by wk 28. I believe the crevace usually has fluids in there but can't remember now. Anyway, my doc wasn't worried as much about that than she was about the size of the baby's neck. The normal size of a baby at wk 20 is 5ml. A Downs baby's neck is usually 7mls. (this is what my doctor said). My baby's neck was measured at 6mls. Everything else on the baby measured fine (legs hands, feet, arms...etc.) Because of the size in neck they want me to go in and get a more thorough ultrasound and perhaps do an amniosentisis. (spelling?). This is my question. What is the error rate in measuring a neck from 5mls to 6mls? This is such a small difference that. This is from the normal ultrasound machine..not the high tech ones. What are the chances there was an error in reading the size of my baby's neck? Also the area of fluid in my baby's head. What is this? How come it's there? Please help me... I am going in on Thursday to a specialist (a more high tech ultrasound machine) and then they want to do an amniosentisis which I want to avoid like the plague. Please help! Sincerely, Diana
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