Strange hole in baby's head

[Livingonhope]

This probably seems daft. went for my 8 week scan they said baby is looking beautiful with strong heartbeat of 162.....when I got home and looked at pictures....why does my baby have little holes in the head has anyone else ever seen this?

The baby is born with two ‘soft spots’ in the fontanelle (skull). The first one fuses around 9 months and the second between 1 and 2 years. When the baby is born you can feel these obviously only gently and actually a sunken soft spot is a sign of dehydration.

And congratulations!

Thr normal brain has some fluid filled spaces in it called ventricles and the dark on the scan is fluid.

But baby is very far from being fully formed at 8 weeks anyway so still a lot of anatomy to grow yet. If you're in the UK this will be checked at the dating and anomaly ultrasound scans around 12 and 20 weeks.
Congrats!

thank you @SouthwestSis and @teaandtoastwithmarmite this makes absolute sense I am such a worrier bur I did think they wouldn't have said it was a great scan if they had concerns??

Congratulations.
You have the answers you need.
Hope you have a great pregnancy.
💐

They would mention if anything was untoward at this stage but honestly right now the Thoracic region is in development which includes the brain and it isn't set to complete until a few weeks later so this is all normal.

The anomaly scan at 20weeks is when they check the key areas including the brain for development.

Congratulations!

They would’ve done. All I had at DD’s 12 week was they couldn’t see the full nose bone and it wasn’t a great cause for concern but they’d keep an eye so they’d definitely say about the skull. It was fine by 22 week scan. Honestly it’s all ok. I know what it’s like though.

Could take a good guess as to the sex of your baby with that heart rate. It always held true for all mine anyway.

Congratulations OP

What an incredibly clear scan..... I've just been today and measuring 8+2. Scan pic nowhere near as clear as yours!

Oooh I know it's just for fun but I love stuff like this - could you guess for me?
Just been today and baby measuring 8+2 with heart rate of 172

That was my thought but you always panic haha thank you!!

yes my last pregnancy in april was ectopic so I am just over analysing everything!!

haha go on you have me intrigued! strange they asked at scan what we thought we were having and husband said a girl and she smirked....partly too early to tell I guess but leaves you wondering!

I am 8 and 2 today as well but measuring 8 and 1 but the scan was first thing this morning so I'm not worried in general have been measuring ahead! congrats mama 😍 due date twins

My first scan at 7 weeks looked weird - my 4 year old asked if he was getting a fish for a sibling.

oh dear lol! yes mum said the same they look strange at this gestation but iv been so lucky to be given weekly scans so it's great to see them change week on week

In general, 140+ is a girl. Boys are usually slower. I have 5 kids and it worked for all of mine. I'd take it with a grain of salt but it's a bit of fun. I don't think science validates it at all.

Also @sel2223