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Bright Bowel In 20 Week Ultrasound?

4 posts on this thread and the last post was on March 4th, 2009 7:45 AM
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mamamary415 - March 3rd, 2009 3:16 PM
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Have any of you been told that your baby has a bright or echogenic bowel? I have had two ultrasounds that confirmed a bright bowel. They say it could be Downs, Cystic Fibrosis, baby swallowed blood, bowel is forming abnormally, or in 90% of cases, totally normal! In first trimester screening I tested at lowest risk for Downs (1 in 10,000) and if it was Downs, other markers should have appeared, such as an enlarged heart, which baby's heart is fine. I tested negative for Cystic Fibrosis and apparantly both parents need to be postive for the gene in order to pass to baby. They suggested I do an amnio, but it seems too much since they aren't really sure what it is and again, that 90% of cases it is normal. Have any of you given birth with a baby with a bright bowel? What happened? Thanks for any advice. I'm kinda mad that they told me about this when it seems the likelihood that something is really wrong is pretty low.

IsabellasMommy - March 3rd, 2009 9:33 PM

I think that the reason they told you about it was just to let you know that it's a possibility, even a low one. That way you could prepare for whatever it was. I haven't had this, however I do talk to a lot of other pregnant women on a different site that have had similar things and were offered another U/S or the amnio. There is an u/s that they can do to test further without doing the amnio. If they told you there's a 90% chance everything is normal and you believe that I would say to not do the amnio. Could it have been the way the baby was positioned and the way the u/s machine itself bounced off baby? (I'm not exactly sure how the machine does what it does, so I don't know if it's possible, but with 90% being normal I would say it might be possible.) I'm sorry that I couldn't be of any help. If I find anything out, I'll post back.

mamamary415 - March 3rd, 2009 10:40 PM

Thanks Isabellasmommy for your response. Can you tell me what other site you were on that women talked about this?

IsabellasMommy - March 3rd, 2009 10:59 PM

The site that I was talking about is babycenter.com I use both this site and the babycenter one and love both of them. I think that it gives you more opinions on things, especially if you're worried. I hope the site helps you.


babyblue2 - March 4th, 2009 7:45 AM

I had a girlfriend who had the same thing, but on the heart. The techs said it could be due to a number of things such as reflections from tendons. Her DD was born fine. Further this, she had a u/s later in the pg and the spot was gone. I wouldn't go through an amnio for something like this... especially if all the serious things have been pretty much ruled out.