Follow Up to Big Ultrasound Results

I got a message from my OB yesterday to call about our ultrasound results. I was in a meeting for much of this morning when the office was open, so Jay called to see what was going on.

We don't know much except that our OB said:

1) We shouldn't be worried (most important part)

2) Joaquin has a mildly echogenic bowel

3) I am going to need another ultrasound soon at the high-risk center (where we had the NT Scan) to see more and determine whether we need to do any further testing.

I haven't been able to touch base with the doctor yet to ask follow up questions, as she is currently otherwise occupied at a birth.

I have consulted Dr. Google and found that most of the time an echogenic bowel (especially when diagnosed as "mild") is nothing at all. Sometimes it is just the result of the calibration of the machine performing the ultrasound. In the most severe cases it is a marker for Down Syndrome or Cystic Fibrosis, but we don't need to worry about those because DS was ruled out by our NT Scan and my bloodwork did not come back positive for Cystic Fibrosis.

If you want to read more about echogenic bowels, this website is probably the best description I have found.

Once I know more and get a date for our ultrasound, I will update further. Hopefully this is just a great excuse for some really good pictures of Joaquin at the next ultrasound.