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Hello Everyone, I posted back last week about the "spot " on the babys heart. I went to my appointment today and the Dr a__sured me there was nothing to worry about, If it was a__sociated with something else then he would recommend a amnio but since there was just one spot and no other markers my chances of having a baby with DS was 1/1000. He did not schedule any other appointments just advised to keep going to my pre-natal office visits. Hearing that news made me feel alot better, still hoping and praying the baby is fine. God bless you all, I will keep all in my prayers and keep posting with updates.

I am 26 weeks and the bright spot was detected at the ultrasound too. As the doctor was telling me about the possibility of DS my mind started to shut down. The first few days I was in shock, but now I have kind of pushed it to the back of my mind. There is nothing I can do about it. Completely out of my hands. There are those moments in the middle of the night that I think of the possibilities and it almost takes my breath away. I am sure you call can relate. I am very glad to have found this site. Please everyone continue to post, we are all in this together. Think of all the future moms who will seek out this site!

Hi everyone, I understand completly how you feel. well i am counting down the days and feel very anxious what will happen. Last week when i went to my appointment my stomach was measuring small which put my whole emotions in a spiral spin downwards. It's very hard to prepare for the unknown, ther midwife still just thinks she is small but i dont want to be built up to be shocked if she does have DS. It's also hard when strangers ask how many weeks iam and they then say wow your tiny........ My last U/s they didnt mention anything wrong with measurements just the EIF still being there, I notice that most mums are measuring normal so i'm wondering if anyone else is measuring a little smaller especially at there dr visit when they measure thestomach. Take care

hey Downunder, I am new here but i couldnt help but reply to your post.They also found the EIF at my 19 week appt.I have been reading the posts since then,I am due first week of feb. Anyway my OB told me that since the fundal height measurement is not that scientific,it is not expected to be accurate,its just an estimate,so you may actually measure smaller that you really are,and it gets more unrealiable as you get farther along. The same thing happened to me,I was measuring 35wks when I was supposed to be 36,My Ob wasnt worried but i asked for a U/s and the fetal weight was actually 35 weeks and 6 dayson the US,so rest your mind and put your hope in GOd and pls post as soon as you can after your baby comes. good luck!!!!

Thank you Poitive, i will try. I go on Friday for my next appointment so i might ask for another U/S. thank you for your encouragement. My due date is the 26th of this month but my u/s date says the 3rd of Feb which i think is more accurate so we will see which one comes first. Take care

Hi Downunder and Positive, I can't believe how close it is getting for you two...my due date is 4 April, so still some more time (and of course more time to think about all this(:) Anyway, I had another appt with my doctors (a new one), so I went ahead and asked him his opinion of the EIF. He mentioned that they are VERY common these days (esp in our practice where they use a 3-D US). He said while a geneticist would recalculate my risk (b/c that's what they do), it really only ends up changing it by less than 1%. He said not to worry - so in my practice where there are 5 different docs, the 1st never mentioned the word EIF or a__sociation with Downs, the second said I had nothing to worry about and mentioned how common they are these days, and the third as well discussed how common and how little they affect your risk. He even mentioned that when they are isolated some would not even allow it into the equation of risk. Who knows - but I think their words and this site is encouraging. I know how hard the first days will be, but PLEASE, PLEASE keep us posted on your babies and I will continue to pray for us! Addy

I just wanted to update... although I gave into the amnio in my 26th week and shared the results with you all, I also wanted to share the news that my perfectly healthy 7lbs 1oz son was born 1/21/08. I am now adjusting to the busy life of a mom of 3! I know you all will have the same news to share soon... looking forward to checking back in and reading it. :)

Hi everyone, I wanted to tell you all i gave birth to a normal baby girl on 26th she was 6 pounds 3 oz, I'm thinking of the rest of you and now realise with just that one marker the chances of having a ds child is very slim when i asked the dr at hospital they all did not think the spot was a big deal take care

congrats peridots i'm so happy for you

Hi Everyone!! I posted about 4 weeks ago after my 20 week u/s and the dreaded white spot was there. I had my 24 week u/s on Monday and the Dr. said the spot was barely noticable and she would be hard pressed to call it an echogenic focus. We're very relieved.....just enjoying all the movement of my 2 girls : ) while they still have the room....hee-hee

Hey all. Gave birth to a perfect litle girl on Jan 31st via c-section! Just lovely. I had the score of 1/46 on my Quad screen with no markers seen, just blood. All is just fine. I will keep you all in my prayers! Congrats DownUnder..we both made it! xoxxoxoxo

I am 27 yrs old & have just found out from my doctor the same thing....my baby has a calcium deposit (ICEF) on the heart. I was so worried when I left the doctors office. Like most of you, my doctor acted like it wasn't a big deal but there's still that little chance of DS. My doctor even said that she wouldn't give it another thought, but how can you not?!! I have to say, reading all of the posts on this website helps so much. I give more weight to posts about what other mom's have gone through than what the doctor said. I myself, wondered why would they even bother to tell me this if it is really nothing to worry about, but I guess it's all about legal matters. Anyway, if anybody has gone through the same thing & has already had their baby, please post your story on here.....it definetly helps us a lot! And thank you to those who have already shared their stories.

I am 18 weeks pregnant and will be 40 4 weeks after my second son is born (7/9/08). I was 38 when I had my first. All I know is AMA (read "old lady") pregnancy. My experience has been that, in an abundance of care, caution and CYA, a LOT of numbers get thrown at an over-35 pregnant woman. In my first pregnancy, we had the whole smorgasboard of prenatal testing, including the 2-hour genetics counseling and minus the amnio. My son, while a whirling dervish, has no chromosomal abnormalities or congenital defects. With this little one, we pa__sed on the repeat counseling (though I'm lumped into the 40 and over group, where another huge jump in risk occurs) and opted only for the quad and the Level II. My age-only risk is 1:104 for a chromosomal defect. The first round of quad screening decreased my risk to 1:149. I was happy with that result, a .6% chance of an issue. My perinatologist re-presented my Quad screen results two weeks later and they actually reduced my risk of Downs to 1:4999. (The 1:149 number was due to inaccurate presentation by the nurse). Despite that, on my Level II ultrasound 2/6/08, one 'soft' Down's marker, an echogenic heart foci (small calcium deposit in the heart muscle) was detected. My doc stated she sees this in 1% of all pregnancies (she images at a large county hospital) and while it can be a soft marker for down's it most often means nothing. I was told that even with my "advanced age, " this finding warrants no further testing and we will do none. I'm a huge info freak and chronic angster, so I pressed her for an adjusted risk number. The doc knows me too well and wouldn't play the game with me and I thank her for that. Still doesn't stop me from surfing the net and my medical journal services non-stop....My point in my long, rambling story is we focus so much on being that "one in <>," we forget the lion's share of us will end up in the much, much larger unaffected number. In fact, I read ALL of these numerous posts, dating back almost three years. I only saw one mother who was that one, Storrie. She was attacked for sharing her experience, and that's too bad. But, the fact is, she is still the only "one" on the whole forum.

I just received a call from my Dr. that everything on the ultrasound looks great & my first trimester screening results were off the charts great. Then at the end of the call she tells me there's only one thing on the ultrasound, an echogenic foci spot on the left ventricle. It's an isolated finding & most likely my baby girl will be 99% normal. But it could suggest a chromosome problem (she never used the word Downs, but after research I know that's what she meant). There are no other markers and the test results are great, so she puts no significance on the spot. However, as much as I think & read that everything is fine (thanks for this site) it's hard to stop thinking about it.

Heather 2008, take it from the 40 year old mom and dad who have just gone through this (see our earlier posts) - stop thinking about it and enjoy your pregnancy!

it has been great reading all the positive posts of others where the EIF was found on the ultrasound. I too had this happen on Monday. I am 37, first time mom, who tried for years too get pregnant. I have done the research, read the posts and yet can't stop crying about it. I just had the quad screen done on Monday and waiting 7 to 10 days for results is TORTURE. Did anybody else totally obsess about this? I can hardly eat or sleep. by the way THANKFUL your posts brought me great comfort. ?