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Old June 9th 04, 05:02 AM
Amy
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Default Pregnancy Complications (VSD, SUA)

I'm sorry you've been faced with this worry :-( I don't know anything about
the defects you're describing, it sounds like very technical terms to give
it to you in. Have you been offered a consult with a specialist to explain
it better and answer your questions? That would seem an appropriate course
of action.
I understand your reluctance for the amnio, and think I'd feel much the same
way. I thought though, that the risks of m/c went way down the further you
were along (of course technically your risk of m/c is 0% because m/c is
defined as the loss of a baby before 20 weeks). It may still be an option if
it meant your baby could be given better care, i.e. if it affected your
decision on which hospital to deliver at, if your baby required prenatal or
neonatal surgery they & you could be better prepared. But since I don't know
anything about the condition you're describing, it may be completely
irrelevant.
IMHO I think it's unfair of them to give you a vague possible diagnosis and
throw medical jargon at you without being there to answer your questions.
Good luck & all the best :-)

"Ashirus"
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wrote in message ...
Hi. My wife is pregnant with her first child. I'm 22, she's 20, she's now

in
her 30th week and the 21st wk ultrasound found that she has a single
umbilical artery (SUA) and so we were told to get a foetal

echocardiography.
This was performed yesterday and the foetus was discovered to have 2 to 3
Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD) of "small-to-moderate" size:

to quote the relevant bit of his report:
"Normal right and left ventricular size and function, 2-3 muscular VSDs -

A
3mm apical, 2mm mid-muscular and possibly another 1mm mid-high muscular

VSD.
6MMHG shunt is seen (no PS)."
the rest of his report reports everything's fine.

The doctor said that this may be a sign of one of the "syndromes".

The 21st week ultrasound revealed no other defects or deformities, so we
want to know what the chances of the child being born being with a

syndrome
is, given these factors? Is the doctor right? Should we worry?

Does anyone know the chances of this number (2-3) of defects of these

sizes
at this "age" closing spontaneously either before or after birth?

(We won't do an "amniocentesis" because of the small chance of
miscarriage and because we wouldn't consider an abortion whatever the
circumstances.)
thanks,
Ash.





 




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