2007-01-22 08:03:11 · 3 answers · asked by ANDREW F 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
+ I have found a few sites that might help explain exactly what MIGHT be going on and what to expect from the doctors.
I hope that everything goes well for you and your baby!
Echogenic Bowel on Fetal Ultrasound
by Beth A. Pletcher, MD, September 1998
http://www.umdnj.edu/genesatwork/topics/ob_gyn/04_ob_gyn.htm
Fetal echogenic bowel
Stephen T Chasen, MD
http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=antenatl/14228
HYPERECHOIC BOWEL
http://www.gbmc.org/genetics/harveygenetics/prenataldx/PatientInformation/echoicbowel.cfm
Echogenic fetal bowel during the second trimester
http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/188/2/527
Handbook of Genetic Counseling/Echogenic Bowel
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Handbook_of_Genetic_Counseling/Echogenic_Bowel
Ultrasonographic Soft Markers of Aneuploidy in Second Trimester
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/518149_4
If you need more information on this you can Google search it.
GOOD LUCK AND I HOPE EVERYTHING TURNS OUT WELL!
2007-01-22 08:28:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had a similar thing with our first son Ties (we are Dutch). Ties had excess fluid between his brain and skull and we were very concerned. The doctors could not give definitive answers and stated 'His brains look o.k. on the echo, but the extra space is a marker for Down syndrome and we are not sure'. They advised us to do some extra tests, we refused because there was no point - my wife was 32 weeks pregnant. The doctors were very inconsiderate towards us.
Luckily everything turned out o.k. and Ties is a healthy boy (almost 2 years old).
Don't believe everything the doctor tells you and use your own judgement.
2007-01-22 10:14:02 · answer #2 · answered by remco_muller 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know but keeping fingers crossed for you all that will work out.
2007-01-22 08:11:20 · answer #3 · answered by tagette 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋