Sezza, we were spoken to about that as well. Rommy had a two vessel umbilical cord (one artery) as well, and the growth restriction, and a very small and deteriorating placenta. He also had reversal of flow along the umbilical cord which really affected his growth later in the pregnancy - even with the pre-term labour we made it to 36 weeks!

We had an amnio with Rom as well but of course didnt test for the chrom issue that the cardiologist were worried about as we didnt find out about his heart until 20 weeks. Had to wait until birth to see if it was there. From memory there was a stronger correlation between boys-heart-chromosomes issues than for girls-heart-chromosomes.

Roman is fine chromosomally and has no brain impairment at all. He is bright and learning well now.
Thankyou. You cant possibly understand how much it helps knowing that you have been through a similar thing (probably even worse), and that your little boy is doing so well. The reversal of flow along the umbilical cord, brain sparing and worsing of the growth restriction are the major things they are watching out for with bubs. Aparently thats the next step from where we are at the moment, but fingers crossed that things will just continue to be stable and we make it to 36 weeks too.