congenital heart defects

[Aabb2627]

Hello ladies! i just wanted to stress the point to make sure you ask about the baby's heart at your 20 week appointment, also known as to when they do the anatomy scan. I lost my first son 6 days after his first birthday due to heart issues. He was born with 3 chambers instead of 4 and many other heart related issues. He went through multiple heart surgeries before the age of 1. His condition wasnt recognized until he was 2 weeks old, but can easily be found if the Drs look and view your babies heart over carefully. Make sure to ask questions like: is there 4 chambers? does baby have regular heart beat? does the blood flow look normal to and from the heart? does the great arteries looked position in the correct areas?

i am now pregnant with my 3rd and get the anatomy scan done next week. ill be sure to ask these questions! :) just trying.to help you mommies in advance! good luck ladies!

[a005]

sorry for your loss and thanks for giving info on this issue ,in my pregnancy there was a risk of heart problems with the baby because of sua (single umbilical artery issue) so baby's heart was checked and rechecked ,all 4 chambers and blood flow was seen and thankgod everything was fine with her.

good luck for your anantomy scan.

[baby3ontheway]

Im sorry to hear about your loss. My son was also born with the 3 chambers instead of 4 they found it very early on. He is now about too be 8 in april,thankfully with yearly check ups it has separated its self almost into four chambers,we will be having another scan in april. I do strongly advise having your babies heart checked. Its a scary thing to hear. Good luck ladies.

[2ndbaby162]

Oh and best of luck for next weeks scan. So sorry to hear about your son - I can't even begin to imagine x

[2ndbaby162]

Thanks for the info. My scan is tomorrow so I'll be asking! Your post couldn't have been timed better for me!! :-) x

[MamacitaTP]

It was just congenital heart defect awareness week, and since I live where one of the top children's hospitals are in Canada they've been saying to make sure and double check and letting all to-be mothers know! Knowing about heart problems right at birth prevents other problems from happening too it's very important :)
My nephew has HLHS so I asked them to double check my baby's heart, thankfully all is well! :)

[flower216]

Thank you!! Us as mommies need the little extra questions to ask to make sure our babys come out oky