soft markers present at 20 week scan

[2girlz]

Yes oh my god I was told yesterday as well. But I wasn't told it can be linked with downs, I was told that they usualy go in the third trimester and that it was nothing to worry about. I have read up about it and I haven't heard anything bad

[Mummahol]

oh ok, well I don't know what to believe now. I guess its just a waiting game till I have my scan. Do you have to have a tertiary scan at all???

[2girlz]

I'm only going in for a second scan as bubs was laying on the placenta and they couldn't get a good pic of her heart but I think and hope they look at her brain to see if it has shrunk. I read that the cyst is a pool of fluid that is trapped but as the brain grows the fluid disperses through the tubes of the brain and thats how they dissapear after doing a bit of reading I've found they are quite common sometimes they don't go until after birth. I know hearing the word CYST is really scary and you usually think the worse but i'm trying to stay positive

[Mummahol]

I know, I too am trying, it just totally freaked me out. Obviously this is more common than what I was thinking. Sorry if I upset you in anyway. Good Luck with everything xxx

[2girlz]

No you haven't upset me sorry if it sounded that way. I had never heard of it till yesterday I was freaked out as well I hope everything turns out well for you your results for the 12 weeks scan are really good I never had one done as the stupid doctor didn't think I was a high risk I will be really PO'D if something is wrong and could have been picked up in the 12 week u/s

[Jo+3]

Hi there,
you must be really worried but My girlfriend went through the same thing. Her bub was said to have a choriod plexus cyst. It sorted itself out, dissolving in the third trimester. Her bub is now five and a perfectly healthy child.

[melbel]

Try not to worry too much (easier said than done I know). For what it is worth there is a school of thought that believe choroid plexus cysts at this stage are just a variation of normal and we are ony picking them up more now because of better scanning techniques. Many many bubs have them at this stage. It is only if the cysts do not resolve inthe third trimester or if there are other markers of abnormality that they then are more of an issue. A friend went through a couple of weeks of panic just like you recently until she found this out.