Good News and Bad News with 20 week U/S

[Nini2686]

So I had my bid U/S yesterday and got to see the baby for like 45 minutes. The tech was realy nice and checked all the organs, brain, legs and arms. The doctor then came in and said the baby was perfectly healthy and all her organs were fine but that she has one choroid plexus cyst on her brain. She told me, "please don't worry becuase I think it's nothing... but... this is a marker for Trisomy 18." Don't worry??!!?? She talked with me for a while and told me becuase everything else looks perfect she thinks its nothing and she actually sees these cysts about twice a week on her patients u/s. The baby is growing fine and she said an amino is not neccessary. She checked my results for the NT scan and the blood work and my results were I have a 1 in a 250,000 chance of having a baby with Trisomy 18. But still...the fact that the doctor said that this is a marker for Trisomny 18 makes me worried. I asked to come back in one month to check to see if the cyst goes away and also make sure she is growing properly because if she's not this may be a problem. My mom said God is testing me but I have so many "tests" with this pregnancy.. I don't know how much more I can take. Thanks for listening to me whine.

[therese101]

My friends baby had one of these as well she is a perfectly healthy 3 month old now, the cyst disappeared by her 30th week

[J_MO]

God will take care of you and your baby.  Trust in Him and he will get you and the baby.  I will pray specifically for the baby and that the cyst will be nothing serious.  

[kjbutcher]

I sure hope things go ok after this.  Hopefully it will just be gone at the next exam!  

[Nini2686]

Ohh. for those that are not familar with Trisomy 18.. it's pretty serious the doctor said. Most children die in the womb or don't make it past one year of birth. Scary for a mother to hear.