Borderline unilateral ventriculomegaly

[daisyflo]

Hey everyone,

I'm new to this but thought I would give this a go to try and get some help or reassurance!
I'm 29 weeks today, and on my 20week scan one of the ventricles on baby measured 10.1mm. We were told this was slightly above normal but to wait and come back in two weeks.
When we did the girl said they were all within normal, however it seems she only measured one side. Fast forward and today I have one side measuring 11.4 mm and the other I think around 8mm. At this stage I'm not really sure what the outcome may be. The lady today said Down syndrome was a possibility, but as I am quite borderline I didn't know if this was likely. I really have no insight and don't feel like I'm getting many answers. When I had a blood test done at the start of the pregnancy I was low risk for down syndrome (1 in 10,000) - they looked at the rest of baby and he seemed to be fine otherwise.

I wondered if anyone had anything similar and what the outcome was?

Hope you hear, thank you xx

Hi

We had anything from 10.1 to 11.5 from 20 weeks onwards.

He's absolutely fine. Not fine for having slow development, not fine for anything else. Just plain old normal fine.

I think your measurements in isolation will give you no worry like it but the same outcome as us.

Take care xxx

Just be aware it could be one of a million genetic conditions not just downs . Ask for a micro array if you would abort for a genetic issue .. also be aware it may not show up with the nhs array .. also of course the baby may be fine ..

Hey ASAS,

thank you so much for replying to me. I had no idea if anyone would respond! That's really good to know and I'm so glad everything worked out for you.

I suppose sometimes they just have to explore every possibility. I feel so In the dark because each person I see can't tell me the outcomes of others similar to me. I realise we are all different but it is good to get some first hand insight to try and ease my worries.

I had everything else measured and all seems to be within normal so hopefully we will be similar to you. Thanks again xx

The difficult thing is once they find a borderline measurement they're almost searching for something else - the genie can't go back in the bottle.

Have you to keep going back for scans?

If you’re on Facebook, search the groups for ventriculomegaly. There’s a lovely and helpful group there. Have they offered you TORCH testing or amnio or MRI?