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Name: Jumana_aldo

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today i went to my u/s am 19 weeks...the doctor called me she wanted to talk about what they saw..she told me that one of the twins heart is not fully developed there is apart that they couldnt see at the u/s but they are not completly sure so they sent me to another hospital for au/s after 2 weeks...but i cant wait 2 weeks what i didnt understand and hubby as well is how come that heart is pumping and circling blood in the babys body and there is nothing with the heart rate and the baby is moving around..my husband thinks thier u/s is not that good to show and pluse they were not sure about it...am so worried and i couldnt stop crying if any of u know when does the babies heart fully develop ??my husband tried to convence me he's an eng. and they deal alot with the u/s at thier work u/s are high reslotion that sometimes they dont show stuff ↓

Name: Jumana_aldo | Date: May 2nd, 2007 11:55 AM

the heart has 3 chambers and they only saw 2 which doesnt make sence coz the blood and heart are pumping??? ↑

Name: roseywosey | Date: May 2nd, 2007 12:07 PM

babies with heart problems inside the womb.. can live fine.. its when they are born the problems happen..
as in saying that.. alot of scans arnt accurate thats why they are prob sending you to a more advanced scan to double check.
it could just be a mistake
Goodluck tho. ↑

Name: NIKKIS | Date: May 2nd, 2007 12:10 PM

hearts have 4 chambers by the way ↑

Name: briseis | Date: May 2nd, 2007 12:20 PM

OK. You should be able to see the 4 chambers of the heart by 14 weeks, and it should be pumping spontaneously at 9 weeks, and pumping under the control of the brain by around 14 weeks. By 19-20 weeks, it should have 4 chambers, and pumping blood effectively round the body of the foetus at around 140-150 beats per minute. Your foetus wouldn't be alive if the heart weren't doing it's job, therefore it should be fully developed by now. Theres a possibility it might have a heart defect, making it less efficient, but this can be dealt with even in the womb. ↑

Name: Jumana_aldo | Date: May 2nd, 2007 4:11 PM

yes ur right about 4 chambers which here shows me that the doctor was stupid when she was trying to explain to me she's sayin that we have 3 chambers..i did 14 week scan but they didnt check on the heart it was at another hospital...so the baby would be alive until 19 weeks right??coz coz if one or 2 on the chambers are missing then the baby is taking O2 and not sending out H2O... ↑

Name: question | Date: May 2nd, 2007 4:28 PM

I am 18w+6d and had an u/s last week my u/s guy said he could see the complete heart and all the chmbers,etc. ↑