We had D at his 9-month appointment last night, and the pediatrician heard a heart murmur. We have an appointment with a pediatric cardiologist next week. Anyone have any experience with this? What can we expect? She said it may very well be a benign murmur and to try not to worry too much, but I am freaking out. 
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I haven't dealt with it but am sending you and D big hugs!
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Yeah I don't know much about it either other than what I just ready on wiki. Hopefully it is benign and all goes away!!
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@littlebug: I have a heart murmur. I was born with a hole in my heart.
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If it is a murmur that wasn't heard before, there are a couple of possibilities 1) it's a hole that used to be a big hole and now is closing, so you can now here flow through the smaller hole 2) a benign murmur akin to a bow drawing across violin strings. Usually I can tell this murmur by the quality of the sound and the changes with positioning.
The cardiologist will listen and depending what they hear, might send you for an echo.
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@littlebug: Feel free to PM me any questions. I have lots of experience with heart murmurs, since I have one.
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My LO has a murmur that was detected at 2 months. We went to a cardiologist when he was 3 months and it was found to be an "innocent murmur"--basically one that is very soft/small. He did an echo, which LO handled fine. He still has the murmur, but it has no effect whatsoever on his health/activity level/etc. i hope your appt goes well!
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@Mrs. Jacks: Basically, what she told us is that it sounds like "bump, swish, bump" rather than the normal "bump bump." The cardiologist that she's sending us to has all the echo/EKG stuff right there in the office, so we'll have an answer before we even leave that appointment, which is nice to know.
@littlek: Thank you! I just may do that, depending on what the cardiologist says!
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