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SUA - Single Umbilical Cord Artery
Read all 29 responses: "I am 18 weeks pregnant and just had an uultrasound yesterday and found out my baby only has a one artery in the umbilical cord ( when ...
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- C., What a blessing to be having a child. My second pregnancy i was diagnosed with the same cord problem .Although very scary and at some of the ultrasounds they thou...
- My dd was misdiagnosed with this. I did the research too and started freaking out. It doesn't help that they can't do anything or monitor it closer until later in th...
- One of my good friends had this same problem when she was pregnant. And everything went fine. The baby girl was born perfectly healthy weighing 5lbs 15oz. and was 2...
Birth Defects
The tech told them it appears that he has a single umbilical artery and possibly a cleft lip. She is scheduled for a more thorough ultra sound on Friday. ...
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- I don't know anything about the umbilical cord, but my daughter was born with a fused cleft. It was never picked up on my 20 week u/s...a whole different issue that I ...
- I had a single umbilical artery. I also found out during my 20-week ultrasound and was very scared. I had to chart daily kick-counts, go to weekly non-stress tests a...
- I don't know much about this but I had a friend who just had a baby and she also had a single umbilical artery. They told her all the defects that could be caused due...
2 Vessel Umbilical Cord?
The dr. said that there is a SLIGHT possibility that it is due to the baby only having a single umbilical artery, but they don't know for sure and the fluid ...
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- Hi, B.! Congrats on your pregnancy! I have a son who also had a 2-vessel cord and I found out about it at my routine 20-week ultrasound. My doctor explained to ...
- We had a 2 Vessel cord with our daughter who is now 3 1/2. She was a full term baby and small 6 lb. but she's a small 3 yo and that has nothing to do with her 2 vc. ...
- Our pastors just had a new grandson who only had 2 vessels in his ambilical cord. I had never heard of that before. He was fine. His glucose wouldn't come up after ...
One Artery Umbilical Cord
My daughter had SUA (single umbilical artery), my pregnancy was ... Occasionally , there is only the one single umbilical artery (SUA) present in the cord. ...
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- Hi K., I had the same thing and so did a good friend of mine. Neither of us experienced any issues as a result. I was worried when I first found out and my mom ta...
- Hi - my second pregnancy I only had a 2 vessel cord. The issue is making sure that the baby is getting enough nourishment. I was freaked out about it at first, and loo...
- Hi K., I had the same problem when I was pregnant with my daughter who is now three years old. I was also quite worried. I had an otherwise uneventful pregnancy, th...
2 Vessels in the Umbilical Cord
What is single umbilical artery? About 1 percent of singleton and about 5 percent ... A woman whose baby is diagnosed with single umbilical artery during an ...
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- Congrats on your pregnancy and being a AMA momma! I had my last at age 43. I have seen this on the birthing TV shows and you can still have a happy healthy baby....
- No this is not normal, if they didn't mention any other abnormality, your baby still can be normal. You need to talk your doctor. I am including a website for you to ...
- HI M. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY PREGNANCY THEYED TOLD ME SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS COULD BE WRONG WITH MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME I SHOULD HAVE A AMNIO DONE TO SEE IF THE...
Any One Have Experience with Carrying a Baby with Umbilical Cord Issues?
Everything I've read says that, assuming there are no accompanying fetal abnormalities, babies with a single umbilical artery generally do quite well. ...
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- My SIL had this and everything was fine! She has a healthy baby girl.
- My former neighbor did, was on bed rest for most of her pregnancy (which I'm not sure if there were other issues as well) and then delivered a healthy son. The single ...
- hey S. i have never heard of this and no nothing about it i just wanted to let you know you will be in my prayers that baby will be fine try to relax and not stress .
Umbilical Cord Knot
The umbilical cord is alagolous to a phone cord--even if you tie a knot in it, it's still gonna work .... Next question: SUA - Single Umbilical Cord Artery ...
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- I've never heard of something like this, I'm sorry. Call the dr's office and ask to speak with someone who can explain what you are to expect now that you have been m...
- My son, now four and was baby number four for me, had a knot in his umbilical cord. My situation was a little different because they didn't discover it until I was in...
- My cousin had a baby born with a knot in his umbilical cord. They didn't discover it until he was born. If you didn't have to have the ECHO would this have ever been n...
Has Any Mom Had This Condtion While Pregnant?
Yes, my second child was diagnosed with SUA (single umbilical artery), and I was worried sick after reading information on the Internet. ...
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- The umbilical cord is supposed to have two arteries and one vein. Sometimes the fetus will have only one artery and one vein. There are conditions associated with ha...
- I had this problem with my now 2 month old. The ultrasound showed that despite the missing artery the organs were in tact. From what my doctor told me, when the see ...
- I had this condition as well, my son had all his organs as well, I had twice weekly ultrasounds and baby monitoring. My doctor thought if anything was going to be wron...
Recent Ultrasound Showed 2 Vessels in Umbilical Cord Instead of 3
My daughter, now 18 months, also had only 2 vessels in the umbilical cord and we were quite ... One Artery Umbilical Cord ... Single Umbilical Artery ...
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- At the 20 week ultrasound in my first pregnancy a two vessal cord was found. I was monitored to make sure he was growing with ultrasounds every few weeks. Everything w...
- My daughter, now 18 months, also had only 2 vessels in the umbilical cord and we were quite worried as well. I had extra level-2 ultrsounds and then weekly non-stress ...
"Soft Markers" Found in Fetal Ultrasound
They were "single umbilical artery" and "echogenic intracardiac focus" (in which not just one calcium deposit was found in the heart, but 2!) ...
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- I'm in the same boat as Kelly. With my son, I had no indication that he was going to have down syndrome. I found out a week after he was born that he has down syndrom...
- My experience was different from yours but I wnated to share a little bit. When I had my 18 week ultrasound my son was found to have a cystic hygroma (a large cyst ar...
- Becoming pregnant and maintaining a pregnancy is a gift to all women. I had a scare with my 3rd child. The ultrasound results showed a 2 vessel cord after a previous...
