so following my recent thread under "positional talipes" just wanted to update those who are interested
quick background
on our 20wk scan we were told our ds2 (after a healthy ds1) has positional talipes and so we were offered amnio howevere we were told there is a very small risk for any chromosomal defect as they usualy look for more than one soft markers before they start to worry.
we declined the amnio.
on friday we had a 24 wk follow up scan now in our local hospital as the birmingham woman hospital referred us back as they said talipes doesn't need to be monitored.
The scan only took 5 min and she only had a very brief look at the foot and said it's still turned in and also checked heart and maybe some other organs and said baby was growing ok and everything else seemed fine.
This was then followed by an appointmem with the consultant who couldn't answer any of our question about talipes and down syndrome or any other chromosomal issue and just said that we are still pretty low risk as talipes is not a big deal. initialy at 14 wks we were told low risk for down was 1:9900 ( im 29 )
we came on holiday abroad and decided to have a 4D scan which revealed a choroid plexus cyst which is a water filled cyst 15mmx7mm on the left side of the head.
we were told that this usualy disappears and it doesn't cause any issue.
She also confirmed that talipes doesn't look positional as the whole heel bone seems to be turned in so it looks like a proper bone structure issue which is a bit more serious but still treatable.
we weren't too worried until we looked on the internet which said that talipes and choroid plexus cyst are both soft markers for edwards syndrome (which in most case is fatal for the baby and hardly ever survives)
i called my mw back home who half an hr later called us back with another referral to the birmingham woman hospital for tuesday morning.
We are in pieces and thinking the worst and both of us have already had a little cry.
im now 26wks so i know that termination is not an option but thinking about getting the amnio done as i feel that the worry will cause me and my baby health issues and also feel that we need to be able prepare ourselves if it really is edwards.
i know that nothing is certain yet but i can't help thinking that our ended!
Sorry about going on so much just wanted to know if anybody has been in the same position or any advice
Thank you
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Talipes with choroid plexus cyst! is it the end?
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AnnamariaHun · 09/06/2011 18:01
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