Ultrasound in an hour, do I want to know? *updated post 18*

Yes, what did you decide?

a surprise! We figured we wouldn't mention a thing and decide if the tech asked us if we wanted to know. Well the tech never said a word, so we didn't either! Thus, at this point we are not finding out. That being said, they want me to come back for another ultrasound in 4-6 weeks because they said the baby has a fluid filled cyste on either side of it's brain. The doc (that came in after to talk to me about the results) said that these usually go away on their own and babies are 100% fine but in rare cases these cysts can be linked to other problems. He told me this isn't something to worry about....ya right. I am totally freaked out now and am going to do some internet research. I was so stunned when he told me that I didn't bother to ask any questions, so I don't even know what kind of problems these cysts can be linked to.

I've had a bad cold/flu for the last 4 days and feel like crap and a few things have already not gone right over the last few days. So, that combined with preggo hormones and this cyst thing is more than I can handle right now.

Please search here on mothering about the cysts. Apparantly that is a VERY common thing to find on ultrasound. There is even a website devoted to this finding, if I am remembering correctly. I'm sorry you have this added stress.

Good for you holding your ground on not finding out the sex! It is so tempting to find out.. I am too impatient and found out but the next day I was thinking, it would have been such a great surprise.

Thanks everyone. I think DH just emailed me the web site about the cysts that mat4mel mentioned http://www.choroidplexuscyst.org/ I am going to do a LOT of reading on that site and of course research right on MDC.

I made myself some lunch and am already feeling a bit better. And the fact that DH has already found some info and that web site has taken some of the pressure off of me.

Oh I hope everything is alright! Sounds like it's common thank goodness. Relax and remember you've got 4 months to do your research, and hopefully it will resolve itself.

- Krista

TECHNO - i've also read that those cysts are fairly common and that later u/s usually reveal that they've reduced in size or are completely gone. Sorry for the worries though, I know nothing can take that away.

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I went through something similar with my dd who is now 1. During our US, we were told her left brain ventricle was enlarged and that was it. We went home and were horrified by what we read online. It took 3 weeks to get in to see a perinatologist and everything was fine 3 weeks later. Those 3 weeks were extremely stressful and emotional for both of us and I vowed to never get an US like that again. We did again this time but chose a keepsake place...just to find out the gender.

I have another update. I called my doc right after the ultrasound to let him know the findings and to ask him to write me up a requisition for the maternal serum screen (the blood test for genetic abnormalities). My plan was that if the blood screening showed a higher risk for any abnormality then I'd start researching amnio and the abnormality and go for the 2nd ultrasound that was recommended. Well the doc called me today and my screening results are normal for everything! Yay! I realize this was just a screening test and that there always is a risk, but at least my risk isn't any higher than "normal" and thus I don't have to worry anymore that I "normally" would.

At this point, I am not sure if the 2nd ultrasound is warranted as the cysts are likely a normal part of the brain development (even says this right on my ultrasound report). DH and I are still deciding whether to get the 2nd one, but both of us feel much better now. It's not scheduled for another 4 weeks, so we still have time to decide.

YIPPEE! I have been anxiously awaiting an update from you. Good news! Less stress is always a good thing.

I missed this thread when you originally posted & want to give you a big hug, Techno What a rollercoaster the last couple of weeks must have been!

I booked the 2nd ultrasound about a month ago. and figured I'd cancel if I decided not to do it. Well I got busy and totally forgot to make the decision. Woke up this morning, remembered the ultrasound was today and didn't have enough time to talk about it with DH so we just said we'd go.

The doc talked to me at the end and the cysts that they saw on the first ultrasound were not there anymore. This is common as they think these cysts are a normal part of the brain development and usually disappear. Everything else about the baby (internal organs, growth, limbs, etc.) were all normal as they were last time.

The tech was good and talked to us and pointed out the babies parts. She stayed away from the genital area but at the end asked us "is there anything else you would like to see, any other body parts?". It was hard, but we still said NO!

That's great to hear that everything looks normal now!!

Whew! : Glad it all turned out well.

Isn't that last minute temptation the hardest? DH is dead-set against finding out, I'd kind of like to but am humoring him. So we go in for our sono, and she asks the big question, and we tell her DH doesn't want to know. She actually says "She's the patient, by law I have to do what she says." DH just LOOKED at me, like "oh crap!" !

Yeah, I let him sweat a second before I told her not to tell us.