Echogenical bowel

[Meg13x]

Hi, I have just had my 20 week scan today and been told she has an echogenical bowel. Everything else was fine and I thought she was healthy until the end of the scan which was a horrible shock. Obviously I’m googling all kinds like we all do but I’m making myself sick with worry with the outcomes. How long did you all wait for an appointment from fetal medicine? Would really like some reassurance please as I can’t stop crying thinking the worst.

@Meg13x
I'm so very sorry you're going thru this.

No experience or advice just sending some virtual hugs.

I'd phone your local health visiting team in the morning xx

Hi Meg. I've had something similar. Did you have further tests?

@mrsof20118 hey please don’t worry I know it’s hard, it feels like the longest few weeks ever waiting for results after being told that but we’re finally feeling more positive. After weeks of worrying about our baby girl and her echogenic bowel that showed on her 20 week scan, we finally have all the results & all of the tests came back fine. Although, one showed that I’m a carrier of a gene that may cause cystic fibrosis but my boyfriend isn’t (which was a relief as both parents need to have the gene for the baby to have CF) but after the genetics team looked into it they said the gene they found in me it isn’t usually a gene they associate with CF so even if my boyfriend was a carrier as well they are ‘double convinced’ she won’t have CF. We had a private scan at 25 weeks and her bowel didn’t look bright anymore, currently 26+4 and got another scan at fetal medicine at 28 weeks to check on her bowel which I’m hoping they’ll just say she must have swallowed a bit of blood, but we can finally forget about the last couple of weeks and just look forward to meeting her! Hope it’s the same outcome for you please try not to worry or stress yourself out I was exactly the same but feel a lot better now, here if you want to ask anything hope you’re okay xx

@meg13x so glad you've had a positive outcome. It's such a worrying time.
Did they also test for infections or just cf?
My scan was also clear for any other abnormalities and we have already had the non invasive testing due to a loss for chromosome abnormalities in August. X

@mrsof20118 thank you and yes it is but I’m sure everything will be fine I’ve seen a lot more positive outcomes than negative specially when the scan showed no other abnormalities. Yeah they tested for infections and cf, wishing you a positive outcome xx