Posted by Tanja on 7/22/2008, 12:56 am, in reply to "Re: diagnosis with ultrasound"
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Dear Ann,
You can count me as one of the surprised. I never thought anything would be wrong. Because I had a lot of extra u/s. The last 3 where 3D pics. The doctors assured me that everything was ok. So when I was 38 weeks I had a sectio. For the doctors it was clear I had polyhydramnioas. It was also clear that something was wrong with our son. He couldn't breath, because his tongue was into his palate.
When I look at the last pics of u/s I can clearly see that his cheak was not ok. His cheak has been put forward 2 cm. So you can imagine you can see it on the pics.
The doctors (here in Belgium) told us that they can see a defect in the palate (soft part)with their u/s. But they only do that when someone in your family or one of the previous children has got a defect.
Genetics are still searching for answers. Until now they couldn't find anything. He hasn't got the Pierre Robin Syndrom but only the Sequence. He and our daughter has also been tested for Stickler's , which was negative.
Because they both have hearingproblems. They also did some other tests because our 2 children are also mentaly and physicaly behind.
Kyno, our son has also got a swallowing disorder, OSAS (obstructive Sleepingdisorder Apneu Syndrom) and mental/physical development behind.
Our daughter has autism.
--Previous Message--
: Count me as one who got the surprise of her
: life when Kate was born. Never thought
: anything would be wrong, mainly because I
: was pretty heavily monitored through the pg.
: I was 38 when she was born, so had an amnio
: and an anatomical u/s to make sure all was
: well. I trusted my OB and the doc who did
: the amnio and u/s. Nothing showed at the 20
: wk u/s, and they spent a lot of time with me
: (I had a previous pg where the baby had a
: growth on their neck and didn't make it).
: Flash forward to the day kate was born. I
: had 1 last u/s to determine her size because
: I was so huge. A different doc did this u/s
: and they diagnosed polyhydramnios. That's
: when the fun started.
:
: When I look at the pics from that last u/s,
: it's completely clear to me that she had
: PRS, and any tech worth their salt would
: have known it, had they seen it before. But
: hindsight is 20/20.
:
: Something to consider though...techs I've
: spoken with since have all told me defects
: in the palate (or soft tissue) are very,
: very difficult to see in an u/s.
:
: Also, my daughter has Sticklers as well. You
: don't mention it, so I assume your son does
: not. Genetic testing of the standard
: prenatal type, does not look for Sticklers
: Syndrome, and it's very difficult to see in
: a standard test result. You'd need special
: testing.
:
: Kate was my 4th baby and the only kid to
: have any medical issues at all. I consider
: myself lucky to have had 3 healthy babies
: and then Kate!
:
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: I had a child with PR last year 6/29/07. He
: had very minimal problems and did fine with
: tongue lip adhesion and was home when he was
: 14 days old. His tongue lip adhesion was let
: down and his cleft was repaired in April of
: this year. He is doing great. I just found
: out I was pregnant again and was wondering
: how many found out before their child was
: born and who was "surprised" at
: birth. Should I find another ob or is this
: easily missed when there is only a slight
: pushed back chin and only part of the soft
: pallate was cleft. There have been a lot of
: genetic tests and all have come back normal.
: Any opinions
:
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