With Natalie, the sono showed echogenic bowel. From what I was told, the placement of the "bright spot" is irrelevant. However, they can indicate chromosome abnormalities or virus exposure.
Most times however, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the baby. In fact, my dr said that since the technologies used in sonograms have gotten so good, the bright spots that are now picked up may actually be completely normal.
Has your friend had any other markers for chromosome issues? If not, I would tell her not to worry at all. Easier said than done, I know.
With Natalie, the sono showed echogenic bowel. From what I was told, the placement of the "bright spot" is irrelevant. However, they can indicate chromosome abnormalities or virus exposure.
Most times however, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the baby. In fact, my dr said that since the technologies used in sonograms have gotten so good, the bright spots that are now picked up may actually be completely normal.
Has your friend had any other markers for chromosome issues? If not, I would tell her not to worry at all. Easier said than done, I know.
Ditto. Same thing with Van. They said that the sonograms have gotten so sensitive. By the next two appts I had they had disappeared and was nothing to be worried about. Hope it's nothing for her!
Mason had this, along with polydactyly at the level II ultrasound, and the Down's risk was already 1:23 from the AFP, and those 2 soft markers doubled the risk.
A month after the level II, I had an echocardiogram to check the heart, and the focus was gone (and we had already gotten the results of the amnio, so we knew there was no trisomy).
