I heard that is common in Asian babys. Once your baby is born, just let the PD check it to make sure - usually it is not a big deal.
When I was pregnant - my OB used to say: I know whatever I say today and the information I gave to you will not satisfy you anyway, as you will go on to the internet, do the search... etc.... As there are just too much information these days on the internet.
And, that is true - we are so self educated these days, and sometimes it makes us too nervous. So just relax, the baby will be fine.
Don't worry, mm. My beibei had it too, and the white spot soon disappeared itself. This is very common for asian babies, especially boys. And in most cases, babies turn out perfectly fine. It is not a major issue unless it is associated with some other soft indicators of genetic problems. You don't want to worry for nothing, just have faith!
没事的,芸宝当时也有,现在还不是好好的。这个叫EIF,亚洲宝宝真的很常见。 Echogenic intracardiac focus (EIF) is a small bright spot seen in the baby’s heart on an ultrasound exam. This is thought to represent mineralization, or small deposits of calcium, in the muscle of the heart. EIFs are a found in about 3-5% of normal pregnancies and cause no health problems. EIFs themselves have no impact on health or heart function. Often the EIF is gone by the third trimester. If there are no problems or chromosome abnormalities, EIFs are considered normal changes, or variants. 这个虽然是DS的一个soft marker, 但是如果是single indicator就没有问题,如果有其他的softmarker出现,才需要做羊穿确认。 [此贴子已经被作者于2007-6-6 20:39:24编辑过]
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When I was pregnant - my OB used to say: I know whatever I say today and the information I gave to you will not satisfy you anyway, as you will go on to the internet, do the search... etc.... As there are just too much information these days on the internet.
And, that is true - we are so self educated these days, and sometimes it makes us too nervous. So just relax, the baby will be fine.
Take care.
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不知道,我急得mm是在西雅图,你看的是中国医生吗? 我看的是老美医生,在华大医院。
MM不用担心,当时20周做B超的时候,也查出我的宝宝心脏上有白点,当时我的OB也说没有大碍,说是可能类似calcification, 也有可能是现在机器先进了,是肌肉反射,但是她还是给我约了专家做level II 的B超还有triple screen test,因为这是唐氏综合症的一个软指标,所以level II B超看看还有没有其他唐氏的征兆, 反正记得要看头颅,脖子,指关节什么的,做了很多measurement。反正最后除了这个白点,其他一切正常,还有血检的唐氏risk也不高,所以专家让我不用担心,也不建议做羊水穿刺,还有他说亚洲人比caucasian的概率高很多,记不起来是多少了,他还结合我的血检概率和人种因素还有其他什么的,算了一个我的宝宝可能得唐氏的概率,以及没有白点的话宝宝可能得唐氏的概率,两者没有质的区别。至于这个白点怎么形成的,还不是太清楚,但是有可能会消失,也有可能不会消失,但是不会变大,所以随着宝宝长大,心脏变大,这个白点就相对越来越小了,而且也不会对生活有任何影响。他还特地把心脏放大给我们看那个白点,挺清楚的。后来我32周又做了次B超,那个小白点还是在的。我的宝宝现在4个月多一点,非常非常健康可爱,生下来的时候是7lb14oz, 现在18lb12oz