17 wk Ultrasound black marks - any thoughts?

[sarahpip]

Hi all,

Sorry - was wondering if anyone could help with my latest first pregnancy neurosis.

Yesterday I had to go in for an ultrasound to check my cervix - all good there and been transferred back to midwife care - woo hoo, however when there we had a little look at the baby, heart was fine etc...

The sonographer said, "we are just checking for the heartbeat, nothing else", I immediately thought that was an odd thing to say, and was wondering if they had seen anything untoward...

I also saw what looked to be two large black holes in what I thought was the abdomen area and am also paranoid about this.

Logical side of brain has told my 'increasing in size neurotic side of brain' that all is OK, things would have been flagged if it there was anything obviously wrong.

I hate feeling like such a lunatic. I will call the midwife later to ask, but in the meantime, any thoughts from lovely mumsnet people - hopefully then I will be less distracted and get some blooming work done!

Well, I recently had my 20 wk scan and the two black holes could be something like the bladder or the heart.

I was looking at my baby's body and I said, oh is that the eye socket - the sonographer said - No it's the body and that's the bladder. So it comes up as like a black hole on the scan. The heart was similar but not as black.

It's a normal thing to say as well - when I went in for the 12 wk scan they said 'We're going to measure the size and look for the heartbeat, nothing else' or words to that effect.

Don't worry, I'm sure if they had seen anything untoward they would have had to call someone in or arrange for you to be seen by a specialist.

My 12 week scan they checked for heartbeat and basic skeletal outline. Nothing else. Those black dots would have been organs - bladder or stomach, liver etc. if they had seen anything untoward believe me they would have said so.

Black on an ultrasound is usually liquid, so don't worry. It was probably a full bladder or stomach you saw.

Phew - thanks for reassurance and your experiences, that's exactly what the logical side of my brain said, however with all of these darn hormones, I cannot but help the odd irrational thought - which drives me crazy!
Thanks :-)