I had my 19 week ultrasound today and although the baby looked fine in all areas, it only has a single umbilical artery.
Please keep posting, i'd love to hear stories about how things turned out for others with the same issue.
Did anyone else have this in conjucntion with low PAPP-A or after IVF with multiple egg retreival? Just wondering if there is any correlation?
Thanking you in advance for your response.
Also, I am new to this. Does anyone know how i can contact a member 'Bridee'? There is no 'email' button on her posts. I don't even know how to start a new thread/post!!
Hi there, My neighbours best friend is pg and has this. She is gettibg close to popping so will let you know how she goes. So far no problems though. They keep a closer eye on her.
As BG said, Samuel was a SUA baby... I just didn't see this thread until now!
As mentioned, SUA can be an indicator of chromosomal abnormalities, kidney defects and heart problems. Most of the time, these will have been ruled out at routine 12 week scans (chromosomal problems) and the 20 week scan for the kidneys. They will usually do further scans in pregnancy to monitor growth and heart problems. Of course, they don't tell you that most of these problems will have already been ruled out and you'll come home and google and freak yourself out in a huge way...
SUA can also lead to low birth weights and early arrivals.
For those who are hearing predictions of monster-sized babies... At 18 weeks when our SUA was diagnosed they were predicting a tiny baby. At 24 weeks we'd caught up and were right on average. At 32 weeks they started talking monster baby... At 36 weeks I gave birth to Samuel and found myself with a 2.48kg tiny baby in SCN for 10 days! Take all the predictions with a grain of salt.
As for the early arrival thing - I have a friend who also had a boy with a SUA - he was also born at 36 weeks.
The only issues after birth relating to the SUA that we've found is that we were sent for a routine kidney scan just to double check that there are no problems. The paed didn't expect to find anything, but it's just something they do, apparently.
I hope this is helpful - just remember that just because it can mean something doesn't mean it will.
My DD also had a SUA found at the 20 week scan. They performed another scan about 2 weeks later but found nothing else wrong so told me not to worry. She's 4 now and there's nothing wrong with her at all. She was also born 1 week late and weighed 9lb 7oz. So even though a low birth weight can happen, it doesn't always. Most of the time things are fine.
Yep so far all is going well here. I'm nearly 32 weeks and will be having fortnightly scans from next week onwards to keep an eye on things.
Bubs is measuring spot on average which is great as I have big babies... but yeah I take all that with a grain of salt anyway.
Very active bub. Everything looks fantastic. I don't feel that there will be any problems at all.
I was diagnosed at our 19w u/sound with SUA - our DS risk was already increased, at 1:117, but from the articles I've found, SUA isn't a marker for DS at all. It can be associated with T13 and T18, and "chromosomal abn" in general, but I couldn't find any medical article linking it with DS. We also have increased risk of urologic/renal problems as my DH had congenital urologic problems (ectopic ureters).
We have another scan at 26w to check growth and cardiac stuff again (with the SUA and increased down syndrome risk), but no-one is overly concerned as there are no abnormalities showing up so far.
More watching and waiting, really. Glad all is progressing well for you and your little one so far!
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