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Fluid Around The Heart...Please Help
I went in for my 20 week to go over the ultrasound results. My Dr.
said everything looks perfect except there was "Trace" amounts of fluid around the babies heart. I immediately freaked out & my Dr. told me not to worry, there is nothing to worry about & she promises she would tell me if there was any concern on her part & that she is very upfront with her patients. They do want to do a repeat ultrasound in 4 weeks just to be sure. I can't help but worry...I know I'm going to worry myself sick, but I need to listen to my Dr. she really wasn't concerned at all & said everything else is perfect. Anyone been through this or know anything about it? Thanks in advance, there is little info about this on the web =( |
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Fluid Around The Heart...Please Help
There are two key peices of information that should be giving you a clue as
to how freaked out to be about this -- one is the word "trace". There aren't too many catastrophic things that happen with just a "trace" of somethign. The second, and more important, is that your doctor isn't worried about it and has told you not to worry. She's not blowing smoke. If she were concerned, she'd let you know, and you probably would be going in for some sort of additional testing, much sooner than just another u/s in 4 weeks. Try to relax. I know (personally) how scary it is to be told that something is not right with your baby. But not all somethings "not right" are catastrophic. Sometimes they are nothing, and sometimes they are minor and go away on their own, and/or easily fixable. So until you know more, just try to keep on, keeping on. -- Jamie Clark "rchelle3" wrote in message ... I went in for my 20 week to go over the ultrasound results. My Dr. said everything looks perfect except there was "Trace" amounts of fluid around the babies heart. I immediately freaked out & my Dr. told me not to worry, there is nothing to worry about & she promises she would tell me if there was any concern on her part & that she is very upfront with her patients. They do want to do a repeat ultrasound in 4 weeks just to be sure. I can't help but worry...I know I'm going to worry myself sick, but I need to listen to my Dr. she really wasn't concerned at all & said everything else is perfect. Anyone been through this or know anything about it? Thanks in advance, there is little info about this on the web =( |
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Fluid Around The Heart...Please Help
On Apr 4, 2:10*pm, rchelle3 wrote:
I went in for my 20 week to go over the ultrasound results. My Dr. said everything looks perfect except there was "Trace" amounts of fluid around the babies heart. I immediately freaked out & my Dr. told me not to worry, there is nothing to worry about & she promises she would tell me if there was any concern on her part & that she is very upfront with her patients. They do want to do a repeat ultrasound in 4 weeks just to be sure. I can't help but worry...I know I'm going to worry myself sick, but I need to listen to my Dr. she really wasn't concerned at all & said everything else is perfect. Anyone been through this or know anything about it? * Thanks in advance, there is little info about this on the web =( I do agree with what Jamie says, follow the lead of the doctor, if it's just something they want to check on in 4 weeks then chances are, it really is an incidental finding that means very little. However, ultimately it is your baby, you are it's advocate, doctors don't always pick up every problem and the mother's diligence can make a difference. Did they give you a number, a measurement of the amount of fluid? This abstract looks reassuring http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7932994, under 2mm is a normal finding and they looked at outcomes for babies with 2mm-7mm of fluid around the heart and found in the absence of any other abnormal finding it didn't change outcomes at all. Cheers Anne |
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Fluid Around The Heart...Please Help
Thank you so much for your replies...I had a follow-up today & there
is still a small amount of fluid around the heart...they are referring me to a high risk OB who will call me soon. I just want some answers =( |
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Fluid Around The Heart...Please Help
rchelle3 wrote:
I just want some answers Of course. But the answer you are likely to get is that many anomalies seen on prenatal scans turn out to be nothing but you don't know what the outcome will be until it comes. In the meantime you receive / are subjected to "watch and wait" (WAW). Hang in there. Pologirl |
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Fluid Around The Heart...Please Help
"Pologirl" wrote in message
... rchelle3 wrote: I just want some answers Of course. But the answer you are likely to get is that many anomalies seen on prenatal scans turn out to be nothing but you don't know what the outcome will be until it comes. In the meantime you receive / are subjected to "watch and wait" (WAW). Hang in there. Pologirl And as hard as it may be right now, trust me, "watch and wait" is a far better answer than -- "incompatible with life." So while it may be scary to be told that there is *something* going on, praise be that it's something minor enough to be put in the "watch and wait" category. Watch and wait pretty almost always goes to term, and can be dealt with after birth. The other...not so much. -- Jamie Clark |
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Jamie Clark wrote:
And as hard as it may be right now, trust me, "watch and wait" is a far better answer than -- "incompatible with life." That's for sure. No answer can be a lot better than an answer you really, really don't like. Pologirl |
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Fluid Around The Heart...Please Help
Very true....thank you all for your replies. For now I'll just try to
keep a positive attitude =) |
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