I went to my 20th week ultrasound and the tech found that I have a single umbilical artery in the umbilical cord. Has anyone else heard of this?
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From what I remember, a few other posters have some experience with this. I could be thinking of other umbilical artery issues, but this does sound familiar. Hopefully they can chime in. I do know its the most common umbilical abnormality though.
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It's nice to hear that's it's at least somewhat common. I had never heard of it before but the good thing is the doctor wasn't too concerned but we are going for a level II ultrasound on Friday to get a better look at her heart.
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I / my baby has one. I'm 30 weeks pregnant. According to my doctor, it's no big deal as long as there's nothing else abnormal. He referred to it as a "soft marker" for potential abnormalities.
They found a few other potential issues with my baby, so I'm seeing a maternal fetal medicine specialist along with my OB. But, don't stress too much over it! It can all be very normal.
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They think mine only has 2 at one end...one of the arteries just kind of craps off into nothing...the tech told me it's very common and does not cause issues typically. That it just means you'll get a few extra scans and that if the baby seems to stop growing well at the end, we'll have an earlier c-section. She really made it sound like absolutely no big deal, though.
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A friend of mine just had a baby and had this issue. He was very, very small... 4.5 lbs kind of small. But there were some other issues that contributed more than the single cord artery.
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Thank you all for the responses. I was stressing out alot when the Dr. first told us thanks to google but I'm hoping all is good with our baby's heart. I can't wait to see our her again on Friday.
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My good friend had this - it resulted in some extra ultrasounds but ultimately nothing further. Her baby was born a few days late and was almost 9 lbs : )
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It can be a soft marker as Krunrun says, but hopefully it's nothing. I see many more babies with a 3 Vessel cord than 2, but I have seen some healthy 2 Vessel babies.
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