Single unbilical artery.... who else has had this?

[~*Niadalla*~]

Hi there

Today I was informed by a registrar OBS at my appt that it was found during my 20 week scan, that my baby only had 2 vessels in her umbilical cord. She told me it was a soft marker for downs. Anyway, that's not a drama at all.
I am not stressed in the slightest, and have every faith that my little girl is going to be AOK, but was just wanting to hear stories from others who have been through this?

I am not googling too much (hehe), but from my readings on this site, it 'can' be associated with some heart/kidney problems, although I was told that no other abnormalities were found during my morph scan, and that they would probably perform some growth scans later on in my pregnancy.

I would love to hear from anyone who has info/experience with this. I like to be as well informed as possible with these things

Thanks in advance

[HotI]

Hi

Friend of mine just had twins. One of the twins had only one umbilical artery. I put a post here

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-one-twin.html

It only got one reply, but there was another thread about it after mine. Maybe try a search.

The twin also had another soft marker for DS, but they decided not to have further testing. Both babies were born healthy.

Take care,

Kate

[briggsy's girl]

Niadla - BW's little Samuel was a SUA baby - they monitored his growtha bit closer and checked kidneys and heart at subsequent scans, but he is fine

hopefully she'll see this when she next comes online and will give you more info...

[~*Niadalla*~]

Thanks guys.
yeah I'm not too worried at all, there was nothing else found and I will be having growth scans to keep an eye on things.

My pregnancies can never be 100% smooth. LOL

[littleberlin]

I think I started a thread about this a few months ago. We also found out at our twenty week scan that we had a SUA, but given that there were no other indicators of foetal abnormalities (I hate that phrase!), there really wasn't anything to worry about. We had a repeat scan at 22 weeks to check the heart and kidney function, and everything looks great.

Our OB originally told us that it was possible that she might be a little on the small side owing to the condition, but I'm 33 weeks now and apparently she's a bit of a giant! Though, I'm a bit skeptical about fundal height and third trimester growth scans as a reliable indicator of size. It's great that you aren't worrying about it - unless it appears in combination with something else, there's no need to, I think! I'm sure your baby will be perfect.

[~shazz~]

my DD had this with no problems presenting afterwards she is 14 now