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Q: Funky Looking ultrasound

Had some isues early on in our pregnancy so we have had to take a few extra steps one of these being an extra ultrasond at 10wks. We had a m/c in our first pregnancy and so we are just thrilled that our baby has made it past the last one, anyhow point being when they did the second ultrasound last week the doctor said the spine looks thickened and at the spot it is possible downs syndrome. I want to know if anyone else had something like this and how it turned out. Doctor said it could turn out to be nothing but this still very upsetting.

This question was asked Sep. 27, 2011 6:40am
Category: Pregnancy Complications

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Answered by cinderpumpkin - Nov. 8, 2011 5:27am
HA HA that's okay. Nice that someone answered it. Thank you!

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Answered by ImACamp - Nov. 8, 2011 2:07am
I knew it pissed me off for a reason, lol. I didn't look to see when you posted this question, but I'm glad it's nothing and you have a heathy baby so far!

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Answered by cinderpumpkin - Nov. 7, 2011 11:54pm
Thank you for reply, It was actually a nurse practioner who is no longer allowed to touch me or my child, She was rather rude and I reported her nonsense. We did have a second ultrasound and did end up doing all the testing to be doubly careful I'll say, cause terminating was not an option for my husband and I but we were told by specialist if there was something wrong they would monitor our baby much more carefully. The specialist will still do our 20 week U/S as a follow-up but we are at 16 weeks and they are doing wonderful. Thanks again!

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Answered by ImACamp - Nov. 5, 2011 1:06am
That would be upsetting... I think that you should definatetely get a second opinion! I'm wondering if the way that the baby was positioned, i.e. curled up or angled funny, had anything to do with the "thickened" spine. There is a test that can be done to test for Down's, but even that can give you a false positive as well. I personally think that that doctor should have kept his mouth shut until he knew for sure. I'm sorry, but sometimes doctors just piss me off with what the think they "know".

But yea, definately get a second opinion and try to schedule another U/S to see the baby again soon! GL and don't worry until later in your pregnancy!

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