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Hi try not to worry too much I have read lots about the spots as long as there are no other markers for downs you will prolly have a healthy baby....maybe you can talk to the doctor about a level 2 ultrasound that is very common to have done and they can tell alot from it let me share with you what happened to me...I had a afp test done I am 35yrs old and it came back positive for 1/41 chance of my baby having trisomy 18 which is much worse than downs most babies born with this die with in a few days of birth if they are born at all...well I had 2 level 2 sonos done and they showed a healthy baby boy which was proved correct on Jan 11th 2006 when I gave birth to my healthy baby boy Logan!! So try not to worry too much I know that it is very hard not to but God will see you thru this good luck to you and your wife and keep me posted.... ( :

rl thank you for your response. It was a level 2 ultra sound that they found the EIF today. they looked at the face but did not indicate anything else, just this marker in the heart. Will a child be ok if born with the extra calcium in the left chamber (EIF?)? They want us to have another level 2 in one month. My wife has high blood pressure. Thank you again for your resonse. Mr.Kelly

How did the blood work come back, if it is neg. then I think you should be fine. Did you hear that sometimes they disappear on thier own, Read in this web site about that or that it does not mean it for sure. I would match the blood work my doc. said thats what they would do for me. keep your chin up :) :) :)

My cousin had a similar experience. She was told during a level II u/s that her baby had a spot on his brain - indicating that he could be born with DS (We have another cousin who is DS). She, too, did not want to take the chance with the amnio, but all ended well with the birth of her healthy baby boy! I, myself, have been going through the genetic wringer - being given odds of 1:16 on my first trimester screening and 1:10 on my AFP (triple-screen) that my baby has increased risk of DS or other genetic probs (I also had a brother who pa__sed away with a Trisomy 8 defect). Fortunately, I know this is not the case since we opted to have the CVS testing done. I know how difficult it is not knowing for sure, but, keep faith that everything will turn out OK in the end.

there is another thread in this forum on this subject...if you go back you may find it helpful to read. I am 36 years old and at my 18 week u/s it showed the EIF on the baby's heart...I was devastated as well. but just recently I had a u/s at 33 weeks and the spot has dissolved. Now that the baby is bigger and the other organs are more developed, the u/s shows that we are having a "normal" baby...of course I am still scared and just want to hold my little guy. I will let you know our outcome in a few weeks. Good luck to you and your wife

ah, mr kelly, not many men post here because not that many men are actually that interested in pregnancy, your wife is lucky to have you. Regards the spots, i think they can go either way, and it is only recently that u/s is advanced enough to pick them up. I read on another thread somewhere that the spots are one of the least important markers, and MOST babies that have them are born perfectly ok, also it is only one marker, any one marker on its own is really not cause for alarm, it is when you get two or three that you start getting increased risk. Good luck to you mr kelly, and the one in twenty chance is just a number which would be based on her age. Your wife is really quite young (when i am due i will be 45) and i think clint eastwood was making babies at 70.... i have a very good friend who's father was 50 when he was born and though he pa__sed away recently in his eighties my friend says he wouldn't swap what he had for anything (his mum was 41 when she had him ... they were a late marrige... and the mum is still going strong). :-)

mr kelly i am a social care worker i look after children with downs deaf/blind dysabled kids and also kids that have chromasone 13 depletion. i would ask for another detaild us to be done as i am sure u are aware that looking after a child with special needs is a full time job there is alot of help and suport out there can i ask were u live in the world?? i would consider doing the blood test aswell. i hope that ur child turns out to be healthy. but on the other hand you really need to think what is best and start looking for suport incase i know this is a very delacte subject and i really do feel for u and ur wife i mc in july and i am 9 weeks and 1 day pregnant just now because of y line of work i have disscused my options with my partner if we were to be in ur situation. i cant stress enough that a special needs child is for life i know all children are but this child will be dependable on u for the rest of ur life. u need to look into suport groups in ur area i wish u both the best of luck:) i really hope everything turns out ok