32 week sono

[Elyz1214]

Had a sono today - he is measuring 4 lbs 7 oz, which is the 70th percentile. He never lets us see his face, today was no exception - in fact it was all the way over by my left hip!

I was told that he has an atrial septal defect (ASD), a small hole between his atrium. It saddens me greatly as I used to be a nurse in the Peds ICU and saw all the kids up there getting their ASD repairs. I would hope if it's "small" there's still a chance that it could close on it's own in the next year or so (I obviously never saw the kids with the ones who closed up spontaneously - only the ones who didnt!). The doctor wants me to find a pediatrician so he can let them know in advance so we can have the peds cardiologist come see the baby when he's still in the hospital and have an echo done.

Then he said something about the renal vasculature being dilated, how it causes increased UTIs and kidney issues. I wasn't really paying attention because of the shock of the whole ASD thing. I wish he would have talked about this first!  I go back next week (have a weekly sono from now on) so I will ask more questions about this at that time.

My daughter who is now 12 had a hole they closed via heart surgery at 4 years of age. I guess I never figured the chances would be 2 out of 3 of my kids having a congenital heart defect! It also makes me worry that there's some underlying genetic problem or something else they haven't "discovered" yet. As a nurse, I know just enough to be worried unfortunately.

[Elyz1214]

I know most insurances don't pay for more than a few ultrasounds, so I guess I am lucky, but I have an immune disease and my daughter had a congential heart and kidney defect so they have been keeping a "close eye" on me.

[kaity08]

I had an US at 14 weeks and havent had any since then

[KellyA74]

Sometimes being a nurse is a big downfall.....I'm an RN but on an Orthopedics/Neurology floor.  PEDS is in the bacl section of our floor and I sometimes have to 'float' there......And yes, knowing too much can be such a hinderance....Luckily in this day and age all of these things are repairable with little or no side effects afterwards....Please be sure to keep up updated.

This worries me too (here's me being selfish!).....I had an U/S at 18 1/2 weeks and none since...and won't be having any more.  They don't do them past the 18-20 week one unless they think that there may be a problem.....UGH!

Again, please keep us updated.