Cyst in Baby's Brain

My husband and I went through this with our oldest son. After suffering a miscarriage, we finally got pregnant again. At my ultrasound, they found he had cysts on his brain. They said it could be a sign of some syndrome. THey scheduled a more in depth ultrasound with a specialist 1 week later. That was one long week! But, my husband and I were ready to accept whatever the outcome. We loved this baby no matter what! At the second ultrasound though, the cysts were gone! And we had a healthy baby boy. We were so thankful, everything turned out okay! The doctor said that some cysts were common, and can go away on their own, but they wanted to be sure. We were fortunate, so I pray that your outcome will be just the same!

Hi P., I don't know anything about cysts unfortunately. Just know that this is your baby and you will love him/her no matter what. I'm sure you're feeling scared and overwhelmed, I know I would be. Be encouraged by the fact that the heartbeat and growth look great. I will keep your family in my prayers!

My experience is similar to another. My doc said their may be fluid or a cyst on my sons brain, but when I went to a Maternal Fetal Medicine doc, and saw the same thing. Baby came out fine. I would wait and see what your neurologist says. It could just be that the ultrasound is positioned at a difficult angle. Prepare for the worst, but pray for the best. God will take care of your family.

Ash

P.,
There are so many different types of cysts....
My son has issues - where his pitutary gland failed to form. Would I change it, no...but I understand your fear...
You can email me with any questions, and i will do my best to help.

i have known people who have had the cysts and it went away on it own and the babies are fine. I will pray and keep us updated!

my daughter had a Choroid Plexus Cyst, they found it at 16 weeks. That, in combination with my hormone levels, my daughter had a 1/60 chance of having trysomy 18 or 21. (mental disorders).
I had an amnio done, to see if we needed to prepare for a special needs baby, and it was negative.
It was more stressful worrying about the results, than just waiting for the next US to see if the cyst was gone. After doing my research (I'm a nurse now), I found out that a great percentage of babies have them, and they disolve by 30 weeks. (as did my daughters).
Keep faith, and hopefully everything will turn out ok.