Pregnancy Post: Ultrasound indicated thick placenta. Your experience?
Hey Blindfam,
We are expecting a baby in July and at 24 week ultrasound, the doctor indicated that the placenta is 7.4 cm thick (in case you are wondering, generally it is equal to week*mm, should have been ~2.4cm). The doctors have referred us to the maternal Fetal Medicine, but the appointment we’ve got is after a month. The doctors seem quite relaxed about it, unless the MFM classifies this as high risk pregnancy. Till now, the baby growth seems normal, we have already taken the chromosomal abnormalities test which came clean. TORCH blood test result should come in a day or two but is also highly unlikely.
I am trying to see if any of you experienced this during your pregnancies, and anything we should lookout for or ask doctors to take care of. Thanks!
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“Our Gyno claimed that she has never heard of the issue our child had.” Would you prefer they lie to you?
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OP - if they classify as and send you to high risk pregnancy specialist it’s not a bad thing. That will enable to do certain tests more frequently, there are lot of genetic tests that will also be possible. I do not think what you described is necessarily an issue.
During pregnancy we found nuchal fold thickness and doctor had small concern about Down syndrome as this could indicate genetic deficiency. High risk pregnancy center helped with all the care and testing and ultimately were found to have no issue with it.