my friend went for her 20 week scan and was told bad news that her unborn child heart is not growing how it should. the left side has stopped growing no blood is only being pumped round the right side of its heart.does any one know what chance the baby has or wat options my friend has got? Does she abort or does she go on hope that the baby survives the operation if there is one?
2007-01-13 08:39:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I had two friends who had babyies with holes in their heart. The second friend's baby had other heart problems as well. Both babies had surgery as young infants, and both are doing very, very well now. They are as healthy as any other kid (one is 5 and the other is 2).
To know whether or not the baby has a chance your friend will have to talk with her doctor, and then get a second opinion from another doctor. We are not trained professionals and cannot possibly know how this will turn out. All I can provide is that I've heard of babies with pretty bad heart conditions who came out fine.
2007-01-13 08:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by bb 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
71 percent of infants that have open heart surgery survive unless there are other circumstances.
The survival rates have increased dramatically in the last twenty years.
2007-01-13 08:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by Blitzhund 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
****...poor thing! excuse my french..lol. anywayz, i had heart and stomach surgary as a new born baby, only abt 2 hrs old i think, and now i'm 20 (yrs not hrs!!!)..mind bk then the op were HUGE, now days it wuld prob just b keyhole so the risks wuld be greatly reduced. now, the only reason mum kept going with me, is cuz i had a twin sister who they sed was perfectly healthy...she promptly died 10 days after birth...so, its not summat i culd give advice on too much. personally i'd carry on, but thats just a me thing.
i hope her all the best with the baby
2007-01-13 11:43:35 · answer #3 · answered by evilbunnyhahaha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friends daughter was born with a hole in her heart. Shes now 8-9 ( kinda forget what year she was born) and living well, be supportive and be there if she wants/needs you to be. Good luck and God bless the mother and little child.
2007-01-13 08:58:25 · answer #4 · answered by Sterlingrose 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh wow-Im really sorry for her!
this is really something she needs to ask her doctor--he will tell her everything she needs to know.
2007-01-13 08:48:07 · answer #5 · answered by Shellberry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋