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18 Week Ultrasound Scared Me--20 Week Ultrasound Now Indicates Hydrocephalus
Terrified me no end, I though the VSD was back. We had to wait 6 or 7 weeks to get into .... They missed seeing the heart defect looking for downs syndrome. ...
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- When I was pregnant with my 4th child, they told me the ultrasound showed Down Syndrome because his long bones were much too short. We were stressed and worried for 3 ...
- Dear B., Congratulations on your pregnancy! Please dont worry too much over this. You need to know that it is entirely your choice whether to have an amnio. I was...
- Since you will not terminate the pregnancy no matter what, I'd strongly encourage you to consider not going through with these tests. They create much unnecessary worr...
Information on Heart Murmurs, Holes in Heart, VSD?
Asked by L.J. from Kansas City
on January 26, 2007
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I took my son in for his 2 month appointment yesterday and his pediatrician told us that he heard a heart murmur and suspected that our son has a small hole is his hea...
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- My son was born w/ ASV and VSD. (2 holes) They noticed this immediately at the hospital and did an Echocardiogram before we left. If they are just now hearing this t...
- I had the same problem with my daughter when she was that young. The doctor wasn't that concern about it and I was but when we went and had x-rays done that doctor tol...
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Congenital Heart Defect
Asked by R.S. from Minneapolis
on July 14, 2007
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At my 20 wk ultrasound, I found out that my baby has a heart defect. The diagnosis is Tetrology of Fallot and Pulmanary Artresia which will require couple surgeries. ...
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- No personal experience with this; however, very good friends of ours had a daughter with some heart issues as a newborn and happy to say she is a super cute and a very...
- Hi R., I was born with a VSD and had surgury to repair it at 14months of age. That was in 1975 and now I am 33 years old with two kids of my own. Now that I have ch...
- I know what you are going through. I found out that my son had a heart defect when I was 35 weeks pregnant. It was only a VSD but he had to have heart surgery. He had ...
Atrial Septal Defect
Asked by J.M. from Cincinnati
on January 24, 2007
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My now 2 yr. old daughter was diagnosed at 7 months with and Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). We returned to Children's Hopsital for her yearly exam this past fall and ther...
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- I don't know if what i have to say will help you or not, but I am hoping it might. My youngest daughter just turned a year old last week and has had 4 brain surgeries....
- I was diagnosed at age 28 with an ASD. The recommendation was for me to have surgery at some point to close it, as my biggest risk is for a stroke. At 29 I became pr...
- Hi J., While I have no children who have gone thru this type of defect, I have a close childhood friend who was born with it. His actually closed on its own, no surge...
Does Any Moms Have Any Children with a Heart Defect?
Asked by D.H. from Buffalo
on October 9, 2006
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my son matthew is 2 and in april of this year underwent massive open heart surgery in rochester at strong memorial hospital.i was wondering if anyone else had children...
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- My daughter was diagnosed with Down's at about 18 weeks gestation. Prenatally, I was told that she had a VSD. When she was born, I was told she had an ASD. When she...
- My son was born with 2 holes in his heart,a PDA and a VSD, One, the VSD closed on its own, the other was repaired at Strongs hospital. He was also born with other birt...
- My daughter is 17 months and has Down Syndrome. She just had open heart surgery to repair a hole in her heart. She was released today from Schneider Childrens Hospital...
Anyone Have Problems with ASD (Congenital Heart Defect) in Infant?
Asked by J.B. from San Antonio
on October 25, 2008
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Hi again,
We were told when Olivia was 2 weeks that she had a murmur and we had to go to a pediatric cardiologist. We went and he suspected ASD but couldn't assess u...
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- Hi J., I have a suggestion that could help. When you pray, I am guessing that you are asking God to help Olivia to be strong and well (in the future). Since you are a...
- Hi, My degree is in Respiratory Therapy and my senior year of college I did a summer internship at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington D.C. In case...
- My son had the surgery for ASD 2 years ago when he was 4 yrs old. We are in Austin, and Dr. Fox was the surgeon. We checked to make sure he had a good reputation. Ther...
Heart Murmur
Asked by J.L. from Portland
on May 30, 2008
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My 6 mo. old daughter has a heart murmur with a tiny hole in her heart. They found this at birth and haven't seemed too concerned. I think they were hoping the hole ...
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- Both my girls had a murmur from birth and had to see the PC and get an ultra sound done. This one was a small hole between the left and right ventrical (sp?). They clo...
- " Don't sweat until the PC tells you to." This quote from Dana was RIGHT ON!! Same with everyone else's responses. I was born with this damned defect, so was my young...
- Hi! There is a genetic heart condition on my husbands side of the family so we have echo's and other testing done on my girls once a year. One of my friends little g...
Heart Surgery
Asked by M.H. from Wichita
on February 25, 2009
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I have a beautiful daughter who is 2 1/2. When she was only 2 months old they detected a bit of a heart murmur. Well, her pediatrician, wanting to be as through as pos...
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- Good Morning M., I know you are very concerned for your little angel girl. I have a friend in India who's 8 yr old son Samuel just went through a hole in his heart pro...
- my little boy had heart surgery a week before his first birthday in order to repair damage and implant a pacemaker so I know how scary t can be! You really have to tru...
- Nothing will make it any easier. It is absolutely the scariest thing in the world to know that your baby has to have open heart surgery. My son is 18 months old and ...
Seeking Moms with a Child Who Has VSD
Asked by L.E. from Chicago
on December 23, 2006
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My 11 week old has multiple VSDs. Anyone out there with a success story to ease my mind?
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- My daughter is 4-months old, was born with a heart murmur and after an echo was told it was a VSD (at about 2-months old). We just had another check up, our doctor sa...
- Hi L., I am going to assume you are speaking of a Ventricular Septal Defect (heart defect for those that are curious), I have one still and my daughter had an ASD -...
- My friend had a son born w/ a VSD and it closed w/in a year. They went to Children's. I was diagnosed w/ a vsd during pregnancy and i'm fine. I get an echo every othe...
Heart Murmur Diagnosis
Asked by L.B. from Tulsa
on July 6, 2008
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My daughter (she is 3 1/2 now) was born with a heart murmur but the doctors never acted like it was that big of a deal. Last week at a regular doctor's appointment I s...
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- L., First of all, there is an extra charge for crazy minds ! Now, getting to your little one's problem. A referral to a pedi heart specialist is perfectly correct. ...
- I am a 57 year old dgrandmother and was born with a heart murmur. There was never any problem until about 2o years ago and the murmur was Mitral Valve Prolapse. Ther...
- i am in my 40's and found out about two years ago that i have a heart murmur. the heart specialist had told me; once you have one it is permaniate. it dont go away. an...
