Hey everyone. I'm 24 wks and 1 day
pregnant with a little girlie! Yesterday
I had a check up and they told me that
they had found a cyst on her brain when I
had my 20 wk ultrasound. The nurse prac
talked about it like it was nothing and
told me not to worry, that it would more
than likely go away. I'm so worried. She
said sometimes they see cysts on babies in
that stage of pregnancy and at my 28 wk
appointment, they would do another
ultrasound and see if it had went away.
Did this happen to any of you? If so,
what happened? Please reply! Thanks so
much.
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princess_amy89
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 225 Location: england
Posted: 09-28-06 04:06am
I havent this is my 1st but she said its
nothing to worry about and she is
professional
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Jules
Supporter
Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 3668 Location: Merrie Englande, UK
".To be told your baby has a cyst or cysts
in its brain is scary. In fact, a
choroid plexus cyst is just a collection
of fluid in the part of the brain which
makes the fluid that cushions the brain
and spinal cord. The 'cyst' is just a
small build-up of fluid as it moves
through the connecting tubes. As the
baby grows, so the tubes get bigger and
the fluid moves on. Cpcs are almost
always gone by 24 weeks and do no harm to
the baby's brain.
Cpcs look like black spots in the
hemispheres of the brain and were first
seen in the 1980s. They caused a scare
initially because many babies with
edward's syndrome were found to have cpcs.
However, research has shown that
edward's babies also have other
abnormalities, such as strawberry-shaped
heads (see image 1, below), overlapping
fingers and abnormal feet, heart, kidney
or abdominal problems.
It is now known that one per cent of all
babies have one or more cpcs in early
pregnancy (see image 2, below). In the
absence of other markers (isolated cpcs)
they are insignificant and sonographers in
many hospitals do not even mention them
any more. "
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princess_amy89
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 225 Location: england
Posted: 09-28-06 05:25am
Oh sorry I said its nothing to worry about
sorry hope its all gonna be ok good luck x
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oh_mommy
Supporter
Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 3683 Location: vancouver island, bc canada
Posted: 09-28-06 13:53pm
If the doctors tell you not to worry, try
not to because you dont want to stress
yourself.. I know it sounds scary...
Take me for example.... My doctors found
a bright spot on my baby right about his
stomach, and they have no idea what it
could be yet, so they said when he is born
they will have a ultrasound done on him so
they can see the spot clearer... Atleast
you know what is in your baby... But yeah
knowing that its in her head would be
pretty scary.. But like I said try not to
worry
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