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to ana claudia; thinking about you. please let us know about your amnio results.

I don't know, and I am having another ultrasound in two weeks to check out the same thing. I'm 29 and didn't think there was any need for amniocentesis. I've been reading lots of different comments and it seems to be a rather low risk of Down's Syndrome. But two weeks seems like a lifetime away. There are a few other possibilities, and it may end up to be nothing of circ_mstance! Best wishes!!

Thank you. I will let you know. I am sure they wil be normal, as I received the results from my AFP yesterday and they were normal. The midwife at my docotor's office said that the EIF will most likely go away!

Yes, I had a friend who went through the same thing. Her blood screen was ok but they were really scaring her with the spot on the heart. Her baby is just fine. i don't blame you for not risking an amnio. Keep the faith. I also had a scare with my triple screen but so far my ultra sound looks good.:) The genetic counselor just threw statistics at us. Keep in mind they are covering their b___ts not to mention the money $$ to be made from an amnio. I did a lot of research on the triple screen. Some research shows a false positive rate of up to 80%!!! They are basicallt casting out a huge net to try & pull in the 1 or 2 women who may actually have a baby with downs. Even with a 1/80 chance of having a baby with downs, this puts a woman at a less than 1% risk of having a baby with downs. If you have a clear ultra sound your risk is even less!! The triple screen really needs to be re-evaluated. The stress it puts women through is not good for Mom or baby! Women need to be better informed if a Dr calls them to say the test came back positive, it does NOT MEAN THE BABY HAS DOWNS. Only that it increases your risk & more testing may be needed. Have faith ladies. The stress is not good. I figure if my risk is less than 1% & I do have a baby with downs- well then, this is what was meant to be. Remember-faith & negativity cannot share the same body. KEEP THE FAITH!!!!

Hi everyone. I just got the results of the quad screen today and everything was negative. So we were relieved. The doctor said that I may have another ultrasound later and the white spot may still be there or it may not be be. I guess it's just one of those things that is unpredictable.

I just had my ultrasound. The doctor told me that my son has calcium deposits( white spot) in the heart and dilated kidneys (markers for down syndrome0. It has been so encouraging to read everybodys experience. I,m praying that my son will be normal. I have opted out of the amnio. I will be 35 when I have my baby. I would like to know if there is anyone who has had a healthy baby with similar markers.

Hi Betty, I too am waitin.....I am due on Jan1, 2006 and my little girl also has dilated kidneys (5mm) and the calcium deposits on the heart..My doctor seems unconcerned and my chances of a down's baby are less than 1%. If you go to babycenter.com there is a board which is called "two soft markers" and it is loaded with stories of women who have had these same markers and had healthy babies. Go there! It helped me alot! Good luck to you! Tanya

My baby has the EF spot on her heart, but both the AFT and the Amnio turn out to be normal. Docotor said NOT TO WORRY about this!

I posted in September with a foci on the baby's heart. My husband and I decided to have an amnio, and we found out the everything is A-OK. I have to say it was such a relief to have done the amnio and to know for certain that everything was OK. And even if it was not, it would have been good to know so that we could have been prepared and have time to educate ourselves about DS. The most interesting thing about our case is that on our last US, the doctor actually commented that he was surprised that we had elected to have the US in the first place because the foci itself, with all other indicators being negative, including the quad screen, was not that much to worry about. It was the doctor that scared us so much in the first place that we decided to have the US! Thank you all for your prayers and support. I will continue to pray for all of you!

Thanks for the update, and what good news for you!

Hello to everyone! I am glad i came across this site. After reading all of your comments i feel more relieved. Yesterday @ work the nurse called me telling me that ma baby had something wrong with his heart. That i needed to get a second ultrasound from a specialist. As i heard this my heart sank. I felt weak. I am only 22 weeks and this is my first child. I am 22 and by the looks of it a single mom. As i got to the doctor they told me they say the "dreadful white spot" in his heart. They explained to me that it was a ok. To not worry. But yet again this wasn't easy for me to hear all alone in this room. I felt devastated. The doctor gave me as much information as all of your doctors did. I am not going for the amnio test. I don't have faith in it. I pray for all of you to have healthy babies. And would like for you all to keep me and ma baby boy in your prayers... Thanks.

Hi Everyone, I wish that I had come across this when I was pregnant. My bloodwork came back positive for the risk of downs syndrome so I went for a level 2 u/s. That is when we saw the bright spot on his heart. When we had the follow up u/s his kidneys were also dilated. When I was 51/2 months pregnant his kidneys were the size of that of a full term baby, I dont recall the exact measurement. I was 28 at the time and my risk of having a baby with downs was 1 in 48. We had ultasounds up until a month and a half before my baby was born. I had a HEALTHY baby boy (over 9lbs!!) back in March, so please keep the faith. The echogenic foci remained there during the entire pregnancy and we actually had an ekg? and a sedated echo performed on him when he was about 4 months old to make sure everything was okay with his heart. The spot is still there, in fact there are now two of them, but his heart is perfectly healthy. So I guess I want you all to know that my heart goes out to all of you but try not to allow this to overshadow your excitement and joy of having your baby because even if the odds are totally against you there is always hope. I wish you all well!

I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THAT I ALSO HAVE ECHOGENIC AND I AM 17 WEEKS. MY DR TOLD ME ITS NOTHING TO WORRIED ABOUT BUT I LOST ONE BABY ALREADY. I AM PRAYING TO GOD THAT EVERYTHING GOES WHILE. I WILL GOING FOR A 2 U/S. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME

I had my blood work come back negative times 4 and for my age of 37 when the baby will be born that put me at 1:700 for baby with Downs so that made me feel great. Then they did the whole ultrasound at 17 weeks and looked at all the soft markers, the only one that they found was the spots on the heart. That put me at risk of 1:350 at that point. We will go back at 22 weeks for another ultrasound on heart to see if there are any other defects of the heart since the heart isn't large enough to see everything. I have been doing alot of looking on the internet and some things say bad stuff about this and others say not to worry. I really hope that our baby is healthy. I am trying to put it into perspective of that if something were to happen to our 4 year old daughter and she became disabled we would still love and care for her. I hope everyone will come back and post after their babies are born, good or bad. My thoughts are with everyone and hope for positive outcomes for you all.

I have had one level 2 ultrasound, and need to go back again for the EKG on the baby's heart and another ultrasound in a week. Can anyone tell me what the EKG test is like? I am also wondering if I might be better off NOT knowing about this bright spot. It seems like such a slim chance of "being something" that I might rather not have known it was even there. Take care everyone!

The EKG is similar to the way an ultrasound is done but they just look specifically at the babys heart. I had it done it took about 30-45 minutes. I worried so much about this bright spot and I have a healthy child.