help!!!!! im a wreck! they found a cyst on my unborn baby!!!!!

HI! IM 21 WEEKS PREGNANT AND WAS TOLD YESTERDAY AT MY U/S THAT MY BABY BOY HAS N VERY SMALL CYZT IN HIS HEAD. THE U/S SHOWED NO OTHER DEFECTS AND MY BLOOD TESTS CAME BACK 100% NORMAL! i am so scared and cried myself to sleep last night! i don't know what to do or who to speak to! i love my baby already and can't think of him as harmed in any way! what should i do????????????????????????? the doc says that i shoudn't wory about it but how can anyone expect you not to worry when its your child that has the cyst?????? please help me! im busy stressing myself into n coma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LosingMyMindInGA]

You didn't say specifically what kind of cyst it was.  But since you said it's in his brain, I'm assuming its a choroid plexus cysts. These are more common than you think and almost always resolve on their own.  Your doctor should repeate the scan in a couple of months and I expect the cyst will be completely gone.  

At my 20 week ultrasound with my 2nd daughter I was told they found a a Right Choroid Plexus Cyst that was less than 1 cm in diameter,  They had the maternal fetal medicine doctor come in and speak with me, he assured me that these are very common and 99.9% of the time resolve themselves.  I, too, was freaked out.  I went home and did as much research as I could on them and everything I read said the same thing the doctor did.  They repeated the scan at my 30 week appt and the cyst was completely gone.  My daughter is now a happy, healthy almost 7 year old.  

My best suggestion for you would be to sit down and talk to your doctor, ask him specifically what type of cyst, what part of the brain it's located in and how big it is.  You also have the right to request a copy of the ultrasound report which should detail the findings.  As AnnieBrooke said, if you don't trust this doctor, get a second opinion.  

I really, honestly, think you have nothing to worry about.  

This is an excerpt from an article on babyzone.com about choroid plexus cysts:

What is a Choroid Plexus Cyst?
The choroid plexus is an area of the brain that is not involved thinking or personality. Rather, the choroid plexus makes a fluid that protects and nourishes the brain and spinal cord. When a fluid-filled space is seen in the choroid plexus during an ultrasound, it is called a choroid plexus cyst (CPC). "We don't know why, but between 1 and 3 percent of all fetuses will manifest a CPC at 16 to 24 weeks of pregnancy," says Dr. Roy A. Filly, a Professor of Radiology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Chief of the Section of Diagnostic Sonography at University of California, San Francisco. CPCs can be found either on one side of the brain (unilateral) or both sides (bilateral). They can vary in size and shape, from small and round to large and irregular. Some fetuses have more than one.

Regardless of their number, shape or size, choroid plexus cysts are not harmful to the baby. "I am not aware of a single instance where a CPC caused damage to a fetus," says Dr. Filly.

Dr. Peter Doubilet, a Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, agrees, "That's one very important fact. CPCs are not harmful, and they nearly always go away by the third trimester of pregnancy."

If CPCs are found during an ultrasound, the radiologist will scrutinize every organ and body part to look for other abnormalities, such as a malformed heart, head, hands or feet, and stunted growth of the baby. When no other abnormalities are found, the diagnosis is called an "isolated CPC."

[AnnieBrooke]

If the doctor says not to worry, I'd do my utmost to trust him and not to worry.  Please don't overdramatize or stress yourself to bits, it's not good for you or the baby.  If you don't trust the doc, get a second opinion.  

[LosingMyMindInGA]

You didn't say specifically what kind of cyst it was.  But since you said it's in his brain, I'm assuming its a choroid plexus cysts. These are more common than you think and almost always resolve on their own.  Your doctor should repeate the scan in a couple of months and I expect the cyst will be completely gone.  

At my 20 week ultrasound with my 2nd daughter I was told they found a a Right Choroid Plexus Cyst that was less than 1 cm in diameter,  They had the maternal fetal medicine doctor come in and speak with me, he assured me that these are very common and 99.9% of the time resolve themselves.  I, too, was freaked out.  I went home and did as much research as I could on them and everything I read said the same thing the doctor did.  They repeated the scan at my 30 week appt and the cyst was completely gone.  My daughter is now a happy, healthy almost 7 year old.  

My best suggestion for you would be to sit down and talk to your doctor, ask him specifically what type of cyst, what part of the brain it's located in and how big it is.  You also have the right to request a copy of the ultrasound report which should detail the findings.  As AnnieBrooke said, if you don't trust this doctor, get a second opinion.  

I really, honestly, think you have nothing to worry about.  

This is an excerpt from an article on babyzone.com about choroid plexus cysts:

What is a Choroid Plexus Cyst?
The choroid plexus is an area of the brain that is not involved thinking or personality. Rather, the choroid plexus makes a fluid that protects and nourishes the brain and spinal cord. When a fluid-filled space is seen in the choroid plexus during an ultrasound, it is called a choroid plexus cyst (CPC). "We don't know why, but between 1 and 3 percent of all fetuses will manifest a CPC at 16 to 24 weeks of pregnancy," says Dr. Roy A. Filly, a Professor of Radiology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Chief of the Section of Diagnostic Sonography at University of California, San Francisco. CPCs can be found either on one side of the brain (unilateral) or both sides (bilateral). They can vary in size and shape, from small and round to large and irregular. Some fetuses have more than one.

Regardless of their number, shape or size, choroid plexus cysts are not harmful to the baby. "I am not aware of a single instance where a CPC caused damage to a fetus," says Dr. Filly.

Dr. Peter Doubilet, a Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, agrees, "That's one very important fact. CPCs are not harmful, and they nearly always go away by the third trimester of pregnancy."

If CPCs are found during an ultrasound, the radiologist will scrutinize every organ and body part to look for other abnormalities, such as a malformed heart, head, hands or feet, and stunted growth of the baby. When no other abnormalities are found, the diagnosis is called an "isolated CPC."

[razeberryrain582]

ok stop stressing it can make your condition bad they really can't do anything 4 the baby until you hav the baby than they will see wat needs 2 be done god bless u n your fam

[samantha2026]

Hi! thank you everyone! my doc phoned me yesterday and told me that he took the u/s pics to a specialist, Dr. Lizette De Koning, i was told that she is the best. She said that is does not look like a cyst to her and that everything looks normal! i was sooooo relieved!!!!! i will be back at the docs for another scan on the 21 of june and he assured me that there will be nothing! she said it could be the way he looked at the head that might have let him to think it was a cyst! but thank GOD its not a cyst! have a nice day!