Hey
Had our anomaly scan yesterday. It all went well (and our girl is in fact a boy) until the stomach. She'd asked me earlier to go wait for a bit because the stomach was empty. I came back and it still was. She called the consultant. It's a sign of a birth defect called oesophagal atresia. It doesn't connect to the stomach. She gave us a lot of info and options, had to ask I was listening because I was crying. We have to come back Thurs for another scan. If stomach hasn't filled then I need an amnio. EA often occurs with trisomies and other chromosomal defects. If not that then it can occur with VACTERL syndrome which can be debilitating. Even if in isolation it's surgery after birth then lifelong issues.
Feel overwhelmed and broken. What is an amnio like? I'll be 23 weeks, will they rush results in case we have decisions to make?