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2 soft markers at 20 weeks - Bilateral CPC and Echogenic Bowels

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Juli3 · 15/09/2022 19:09

Hi all,

Today had my 20 week scan and am beyond myself with worry.

Baby boy shows to have two soft markers, bilateral CPc (4mm) and echogenic vowels.

I done a NIPT at 11 weeks which came back as no trisomy's or other anomalies, but these two soft markers are causing great concern.

I've been told I'll do another scan in 2 weeks but it feels unbearable - anyone else have a similar situation and what was the outcome?

OP posts:
Winkle2020 · 04/11/2022 14:12

My baby suspected to be having echogenic bowel and I have a scan monday. I am terribly suffering in anxiety. hope someone will come to this thread and give us some positive experiences. Lots of hugs to you.

mumsworldd · 04/11/2022 18:53

Winkle2020 · 04/11/2022 14:12

My baby suspected to be having echogenic bowel and I have a scan monday. I am terribly suffering in anxiety. hope someone will come to this thread and give us some positive experiences. Lots of hugs to you.

Hey Winkle

I had a lot of anxiety (as seen from my post) we did a lot of invasive testing and thankfully I everything has gone well. If baby only has one soft market (like echogenic bowel) then it's not a big worry as that can remain until 28-30 weeks and will go away on its own.

My first son had an echogenic bowel until he was 28 weeks and he's a healthy boy so don't let it get to you too much!! Wait for them to let you know if it's anything worth worrying about xx

LisaJool · 04/11/2022 19:01

I had 2 soft markers for CF at 20 weeks, an echogenic bowel and I can't remember the other one. I was called back in two weeks time to be referred to foetal medicine. At 22 weeks I was told by a very disgruntled doctor that the bowel was never echogenic in the first place and that the second marker had disappeared.

Winkle2020 · 06/11/2022 17:13

@mumsworldd @LisaJool thank you so much for your replies and its a lot of reassurance. I am not sure where to go and who to say, but I am feeling really low at the moment, all i could do is cry. None of my previous pregnancies I enjoyed...unfortunately when i was carrying my ds1 my mother passed away. when we were trying for the second baby, i had a mc therefore dd1 was a rainbow baby. I was under a lot of stress and anxiety when dd1 was born. I always dreamt of having 3 children and knowing all these previous situations I have decided to have the 3rd baby. I had 2 c sections before so this is my only choice to have the 3rd baby and i have survived all these months with severe depression, anxiety and bad morning sickness. I work full time and no family or help here. nothing but i am very sad this evening. baby is moving a lot however i am sick of thinking why even this pregnancy is causing me trouble. I want to have a peaceful and happy pregnancy moments which I feel like its been robbed.

I had the 20 week scan last to last week where the sonographer suspected a mild echogenic bowel however when the scan image was sent to fetal medical consultant, she has said that in her view it is not echogenic. the hospital called me and said there is no need of further investigation and this looks normal. I couldnt trust and was not relaxed so i wrote an email to the consultant and explained how i suffer from anxiety. she then emailed me back saying, for reassurance she by herself will scan me on monday and talk me through the baby's organs and hopefully can put my mind at ease.

I dont know if this is for good or not although i am happy that the consultant was kind enough to see me in person, at the same time i couldnt stop myself from thinking "may be she din see the scan report properly and wants double check it again " ...please dont judge me, i couldnt control the way my mind is thinking. I am mulling over this the whole weekend and could not carry on with anything. Thought ranting out here would helpme

I am so sorry for the rant and a long post..sometime typing out everything which is going on in the mind makes me feel relieved. Just super scared of the scan :( :(

Beamur · 06/11/2022 17:16

I don't think they would do that. I would be confident that the consultant just wants to put your mind at ease.

LisaJool · 06/11/2022 17:17

@Winkle2020 that is very reassuring that the consultant said everything is fine and nothing more needs done. She is only agreeing to see you to set your mind at ease, hopefully after the scan you can start to relax.

mumsworldd · 06/11/2022 21:16

Winkle2020 · 06/11/2022 17:13

@mumsworldd @LisaJool thank you so much for your replies and its a lot of reassurance. I am not sure where to go and who to say, but I am feeling really low at the moment, all i could do is cry. None of my previous pregnancies I enjoyed...unfortunately when i was carrying my ds1 my mother passed away. when we were trying for the second baby, i had a mc therefore dd1 was a rainbow baby. I was under a lot of stress and anxiety when dd1 was born. I always dreamt of having 3 children and knowing all these previous situations I have decided to have the 3rd baby. I had 2 c sections before so this is my only choice to have the 3rd baby and i have survived all these months with severe depression, anxiety and bad morning sickness. I work full time and no family or help here. nothing but i am very sad this evening. baby is moving a lot however i am sick of thinking why even this pregnancy is causing me trouble. I want to have a peaceful and happy pregnancy moments which I feel like its been robbed.

I had the 20 week scan last to last week where the sonographer suspected a mild echogenic bowel however when the scan image was sent to fetal medical consultant, she has said that in her view it is not echogenic. the hospital called me and said there is no need of further investigation and this looks normal. I couldnt trust and was not relaxed so i wrote an email to the consultant and explained how i suffer from anxiety. she then emailed me back saying, for reassurance she by herself will scan me on monday and talk me through the baby's organs and hopefully can put my mind at ease.

I dont know if this is for good or not although i am happy that the consultant was kind enough to see me in person, at the same time i couldnt stop myself from thinking "may be she din see the scan report properly and wants double check it again " ...please dont judge me, i couldnt control the way my mind is thinking. I am mulling over this the whole weekend and could not carry on with anything. Thought ranting out here would helpme

I am so sorry for the rant and a long post..sometime typing out everything which is going on in the mind makes me feel relieved. Just super scared of the scan :( :(

Sorry to hear you've had a very rough ride, echogenic bowel is not something to worry about, especially if it's the only marker they found. Of all the markers they look for, it's one of the most common that's benign.

My ds1 had echogenic bowel until 28 weeks and he's healthy now, nothing was really done about it other than them check more often with scans to make sure it's going away on its own.

I sadly had 2 markers which means an investigation is needed. It's great consultant is offering a second opinion but I'm sure it's more to reassure you than to double check!!! Take it easy!

Winkle2020 · 06/11/2022 23:55

@mumsworldd @Beamur @LisaJool thank you all for taking time to talk to me. Just 8 more hours to go for the scan. i will try and sleep. Everything crossed for tomorrow scan.

Winkle2020 · 07/11/2022 11:55

Hey all, I just came back from the scan and the consultant was really good. She went through everything and said no echogenic bowel found. Such a positive and great news on the start of the week. Thank you all of you for supporting me 🙂

Beamur · 07/11/2022 13:24

That's great news.

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