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Just wanted to leave an update. As I posted back in Oct., out daughter had a spot on her heart and a dilated kidney, two soft markers for downs... well she was born two weeks ago and is perfectly healthy!

My daughter in law just heard yesterday that the fetus has this spot on his heart.......She has 3 other healthy children.......Is this something very common? She is going to see a specalist in two weeks.....

All, I just wanted to update you all on my status. I posted back in November about an isolated EF on my baby boy's heart. I'm happy to report that 3 weeks ago I gave birth to a healthy baby boy. I'm not going to tell anyone not to worry because Lord knows I did my share. My best advice is to allow your self the opportunity to feel worry but don't let it consume you. Once I started to take charge of my feelings and to think the best rather than automatically a__sume the worst...I was able to enjoy my pregnancy. I wasted so much time worried needlessly. I say needlessly because I would have loved this baby no matter what. I wish the best to all of you and urge you to rely on faith, family and friends to see you through. Think positive.

Hi, I would love to be added to the Facebook group if I can. I need some opinions...I am 28 years old...they saw an EIF at 20 week ultrasound....nothing else...my quad came back negative (1/2200)..I didn't do the earlier blood tests...I'm going in for a level 2 ultrasound next week. I am soooo worried I don't know what to do...part of me is even thinking to do an amnio because I can't seem to kick this worry. What do you guys think? Thank you very much.

I wanted to let everyone know that I had my baby on April 7 and she is perfectly healthy with no DS. Please try not to worry about this marker, I know its easier said than done.

To all the worried parents. I was one of many who was told they saw a marker on my baby's heart. This threat and website was the only thing helping me through the months without extreme worring. I had my baby boy on April 8th. He is now 3 weeks and heathly. Why I know its hard not to worry about it, try and enjoy your pregnancy and believe that everyting will be ok... This market is so common now that most docotors think nothing of it.

Hello Everyone, I've been stalking this forum for about the last week and a half trying to find a little comfort in regards to my situation... I'm 35 (will be 36 when baby comes) and at my last ultrasound, they found the echogenic focus. After blood work my chances of a DS baby were 1 in 1280 (a lot higher than for my age). And of course after the finding of this soft marker, it narrowed my odds to 1 in 640. Needless to say like many of you, I'm terrified! My pregnancy was less than the norm I think, cosidering the fact that I didn't know I was pregnant for almost 5 months (we just found out about a month ago). Long story short, I've never had regular periods, didn't use any sort of contraceptive for three years (not to mention my previous long term relationships) and nothing...never got pregnant. Since I had mild symptoms, plus a fibroid, I never in a million years thought I could be pregnant. I don't smoke or do drugs and I'm healthy. I did unfortunately and unknowingly drink about four times during the first few months but it wasn't ever heavy (gla__s of wine with dinner kind of drinking). We were so very thrilled to find out that I was pregnant though. My first ultrasound, Hubby and I not only found out that I was almost 19 weeks along (doc thought I was about 12 weeks) but that we were having a boy. Because of my age, I was referred to a perinatalogist and that's when we reviewed my bloodwork results with a genetic counselor and had a level 2 ultrasound. Everything was perfect with exception of the EIF. The doctor didn't seem worried at all and even told us that the risk of miscarrying from an amnio was greater than having a DS baby. He didn't seem worried at all. At first I wasn't all that worried but then me and my good friend Google got together for some late night research...since then, my mind is not at ease. I've found a lot of comfort in this forum but still, the "what if" is still there...it just plain sucks! I feel like I can't think of anything else. I do have my good days when I feel in my heart that everything is going to be ok but then there are these moments when I can't handle the anxiety. We were offered the amnio and we declined but now I'm thinking...I'm at 23 weeks...I don't know if I can go the next three and a half months not knowing. We also haven't told our families for fear of their reactions. How have you all handled this kind of stress? I know that reading some of the happy endings on this forum give me hope but I still have that nagging feeling that I'm going to be the one that will report back with bad news. I keep telling myself, if it's God's will to have a DS baby, we will be able to handle it but the truth be told, I don't think I believe myself when I say that...anyone else feel that way? Sorry this is so long and thanks for reading. I'm praying that all is well not just for me but for every family that is having to go through this kind of stress.

My son was also found to have a calcium deposit on his heart when I was pregnant with him and although he was born healthy and still had the deposit, and to this day has it. It didn't appear to have any bearing on him having DS. Now, though, he's 6 yrs old and I have had my 3rd child(same deposit with her, and fully genetically related to 6yr old brother)Now I am worried. I'm 32 now and he's is being tested again on his heart, the dr's think that he may have a heart murmer. Could this be a result of the calcium deposit or is this something new? My thoughts are that its related and more of us need to ask dr's about the long term affects of this condition. Could this be a precursor to later heart issues? He does lose his breath running lots and goes very red in the face after just a few mins. which sent me to the doctor in the first place concerned about asthma, only to find out he needs an ECG to check for murmer? Ask your doctor lots of questions, my risk was so low for DS it was off the charts when I went for genetic testing pregnant with him. (Also had repeat ultrasound and no other markers.)

can someone please direct me to the facebook page for the EIF marker. We also found out at our 20 week ultrasound about the isolated EIF, and would like to join the group.

Hi, I would love to be added to the Facebook group if I can. Can please someone add me? I need some advice n more so comfort n encouragement.I am 26 years old, pregnant for first time. Everything was going great for us until 20W sonogram results came out. my lil daughter has EIF in her heart.my doc told to worry about it as all my screening results came out negative and isolated EIF is not a good indicator for DS. she advised me to go for 2nd level US, just for second opinion which is due in two weeks. I am trying to keep positive outlook n not to worry about it...as i dnt want to get stressed n stress out my baby too.. but i just can't take this fact out of my mind. Should i go for amino? what should i do? i really want to enjoy my pregnancy...this being my first but the news has ruined my spirits. Thanks a lot.

Mjrm, Please don't worry. I know your baby will be fine! Please read all of the stories on the facebook group. In order to add you, the administrator will need your email address. Pregnancy-info doesn't let us post email addresses her. Send yours to my aol email address. The first part of my address is riperdays followed by the aol.com

hi riperdays....thanks for replying to my post. I've sent my email address to your aol id. hope to see reply from you soon :)

Hi Everyone, I created the suport group for echogenic focus on facebook about 1.5 years ago but I am now changing my email for those of you who are looking to join. Please use stephanie.egger "at" gmail.com instead of steffie92_bfas "at" yahoo.com. I check my gmail one much more and will be able to respond to requests to join the group much quicker. Hang in there ladies!

My 20 week ultrasound showed two dots on son's heart during the visit my doctor didn't seem worried as she stated everything else seems fine. Yesterday I received a letter saying the dotcor set me appointment for a amnio. Since then I been worried and crying alot. This is my first child and me and my childs father are not together anymore. I have no support and dont want to worry my mother.

Hi, everyone. When I went to my ultrasound at 19 weeks they saw an echogenic focus spot on my baby's left ventricle. The doctor wasn't even going to tell me they saw it, but I saw it as the tech was doing the ultrasound and questioned the doctor about it. He kind of blew me off and told me I was having a model pregnancy and the baby was completely normal. He said the chance of it being related to a genetic defect was less than one percent. Of course, I completely flipped out because I knew it was a soft marker for downs. I started sobbing and actually haven't really stopped. This is my first baby and I am 25 years old. I prayed to God that my baby would be happy and healthy with nothing every day wrong on the ultrasound, but my prayers weren't heard. I didn't have any bloodwork done early in the pregnancy because my husband (who is also a doctor) told me it was ridiculous for me to have it done as my chances of having a messed up baby are low (I was 24 at the time of conception). Since talking to my obgyn, I made my husband call his other colleagues and question them about this "white spot." One doctor looked at my chart and said it was NOT downs but in order for me to rest my mind he ordered a quad screen. I just got my blood drawn yesterday and they say it takes five days to get back. Of course, five days is like an eternity when you are a worried mama. Another doctor said he sees 3 or 4 of these spots a day and he wishes he didn't even have to tell expectant mothers, but he is required to by law. My husband thinks all these opinions should ease my fears, but I am still an emotional wreck. Seeing all your stories eases my fears a little, but I still think I'm going to be that "one" who gets an unhappy ending.

I was 18 weeks when they found a white spot o my daughters heart. I panicked and didn't rest for days all I did was scour the internet. I learned of the Quad Screen test and immediately asked for it to be done. I was told statistically that my chance of a baby with Down's is 1/1000 and with the white spot it put me at 1/500. After the blood test results it should I was 1/5000 and with the white spot 1/2500 putting my baby at 99.96% of being totally fine. I am relieved as today I begin 20 weeks and look forward to a healthy baby in January.