White spot on heart - anatomy scan

Did anyone else have this? My OB said she’s not concerned because no abnormalities were present. I’m not too worried but I was on nausea medication so it is in the back of my mind

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I just had my anatomy scan about a month ago and they found the same thing. They called it a shadow but it shows as a white spot on the ultrasound. No other abnormalities. My doctor said it’s nothing to worry about. They said it’s a marker for Down syndrome but that does NOT mean baby has Down syndrome. My genetic testing came back as low risk for Down syndrome anyway. Doctor said it’s just a shadow

my doctor didn’t mention anything about Down’s, but when I googled it that’s what I saw and instantly got worried. Sounds like it’s not much to be worried about

I’ve been doing my best not to google anymore 😭 I get so anxious about the baby in general but I’m not too worried about this. Have you done genetic testing? Honestly, I’ve seen sooo many stories on here about babies having markers for Down syndrome and their babies were born completely healthy

I opted out of NIPT since my insurance didn’t cover it :/ Ive got to stop googling. I saw someone say if your doctor isn’t worried then there’s no need to be so I’m trying to ignore it. My scan isn’t until another 4 weeks

it’s honestly reassuring hearing that both mine and your doctor are saying the same thing. I’m going to take that as my second opinion tbh.

We got a call about it a little after my ultrasound at 19 weeks. My ob and the nurse were concerned, said we could do genetic testing if we wanted, but we opted out of it. I did go to dr google though and so did my boyfriend, DONT. leave google md alone, it’ll make the stress so much worse! if they didn’t make it up to be a big deal then i would just stay calm and hope for the best!

was it only the white spot they found? My OB didn’t seem concerned b/c nothing else was present. It still worries me tho 😭

just the white spot! i personally haven’t been worrying just because i know i can’t control it, but originally it did freak me out a ton because all i was thinking was how i could help baby. 🩵🩵

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I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

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