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uterine synechia /amniotic folds/amniotic sheets @ 20 week scan. No responses to thread ?????

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Oblomov · 02/07/2008 11:14

I posted a thread in Pregnancy :
pregnancy , but Belgo didn't know anything about it and no one else has responded.
Surely these are common ?
Anyone know anything at all ?

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CaptainKarvol · 02/07/2008 11:18

No personal knowledge, but I remember reading about them when I was pg (and truely paranoid). There are things called 'Amniotic Bands' that sound pretty bad, but they are different to amniotic sheets or folds, which are pretty common and harmless.

Found this on another websites:
Amniotic sheets or folds are common and cause no harm to you or your baby. They are found in about one in every 200 pregnancies and are thought to be due to the membranes folding over and attaching to scar tissue in the womb, which may form after operations such as a D&C (dilatation and curettage) or a previous infection. Amniotic sheets are seen on scan as thick walls or pillars within the amniotic fluid. The sheet is separate from the baby and will not affect its growth or development in any way, though rarely it may divide up a large area of the uterus, so restricting the baby's movements. This may cause your baby to lie in a breech position or it may be a cause of early labour.

Does that sound like what you have?

Oblomov · 02/07/2008 11:38

Oh thank you Karvol.
Yes, and my MW has just phoned and assured me that they are nothing to worry about. She says that if they do restrict babys growth later on, they will just c-section me early. But thay have no way of knowing that now, it is just a case of wait and see.
Sorry, I was getting all over anxious, clearly.

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