Fetal ventriculomegaly

[~*Niadalla*~]

Hey there,
I know exactly what you are going through!!!


At my 20 week scan, bub's was diagnosed with a mild form, but we were never told of the size. I absolutely FREAKED out! I had no idea what this meant.
After a day or 2 of freaking, my doc told us that it was only on the high end of normal, and that bubs would only require a scan within his first few weeks of life.

At my 28weeks appointment at the hospital with my midwives and docs, the obs overlooking my 'case' organised for me to head to Melbourne for a Tertiary scan... they wanted to get a better look at it.


We went to Melbourne on Monday just gone, and my beautiful little boy is perfect!!!
They looked at his verntricle, his fingers and his face. He has no signs of downs, which rarely can accompany this.. but only in very bad cases.

He's a perfect little boy!! yay!
We spoke with a peadiatrician from royal childrens, as well as the obs who did the scan, and they were both very confident that everything is well within the normal range.
They ahve organised with my Hospital, to have bubs head scanned within his first week, just to be on the safe side... but they really don't think there will be any issues. What a releif!!

I am not sure if you found out the gender of your bubs, but I know that this is more common in one moreso than the other.
I also know that had bubs ventricle still been on the large side at birth, they would have put a shunt in his brain. No MAssively huge deal.

I remember Alan telling me a while ago, that this is diagnosed in approx 5% of pregnancies, and that in 90%+ cases, it generally fixes itself.

If you need any more info or just need someone to talk to... please feel free to talk to me. I think my MSN addy is in my profile.

Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy! I'm sure you will have a great outcome as I have

hugs

Nicky


By the way, termination was never discussed with me at all! Being my forst pregnancy, I think my docs may have been trying to shelter me.