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Echogenic bowel on 20 weeks scan. Anyone else waiting for results?

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Katherina198819 · 09/02/2024 09:21

I had my 20-week scan 5 days ago. Everything looked perfect; my little boy's measurements were all good. However, the sonographer told me the baby has a bright bowel, so she needs to refer me to fetal medicine to have a specialist look at it.

I had my scan yesterday, and it has been confirmed that the baby has an echogenic bowel (according to the sonographer, it's a little bit bright).
They took blood from me and my husband, and now we have to wait 2 weeks for the results.

The waiting is killing me. I had some bleeding early in my pregnancy - on the private scan, they found some scars due to stretching of the womb; the sonographer told me it will absorb; it disappeared by the 12-week scan.
I am really hoping that is the reason, but can't help worrying. I have a 2-year-old full-time in nursery, and I never heard of CVM before - I had 2 colds in my first trimester. No high temperature, but one was very strange - extremely sore throat and swollen glands (6-7 week pregnancy). My husband didn't catch this one, which is also worrying me.

I guess I am just hoping for some support. There are plenty of positive stories here on Mumsnet, but the negative outcomes have never been updated, so I am not really sure what to expect.

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LouisaGuy · 09/02/2024 09:24

We had the same situation with my eldest after the 20 week scan. We were told he could have cystic fibrosis. Thankfully the genetic blood test came back as ok and all was well in the end but it was such a worrying time for us. I really hope it is all fine for you as well. I was so anxious during that time. He is now a healthy 14 year old. Sending you best wishes.

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Katherina198819 · 22/02/2024 11:40

Just an update on this, in case anyone else is in a similar situation:
We got back all the test results yesterday:
We are not carriers of the cystic fibrosis gene, and all the virus tests came back negative. I was worried about cmv, but turned out I had it before - they sent the 12 weeks blood again to compere the anybody levels with the 20 weeks blood- this shown I had it before I got pregnant.

So, all good news, and I'm extremely relieved. They will see me for another scan at 28 weeks, but I booked myself a private scan for Saturday (24 weeks).
I won't calm down fully until the baby is here and healthy, but I am so glad it all turned out well.