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Your story sounds identical to my SIL's they did not do an amnio, they watched the baby carefully and had some moments of concern when it came to fluids and kidney size later in the pregnancy but she was born totally healthy and no issues!

@HappyBaker: hi!

My daughter also had this. Everything else looked fine on the 18 week ultrasound. My doc (family doc, not OB) sent me to a genetic specialist and for a EKG on the baby when I was about 21 weeks.

The ekg was totally fine. The genetic specialist said that there really wasn't much point to seeing her, the doctor just kind of over reacted.

I had growth ultrasounds every 4 weeks starting at 28 weeks because SUA babies can be at risk for IUGR. She was 6lbs 12 ounces at 39 weeks.

No issues at all - she was super bald and still doesn't have much hair as an almost 18 month old so we joke that the cord causes her lack of hair! Haha. (I fully know this isn't the case!)

The ultrasound tech told me if anything else is wrong it's usually fairly obvious on an ultrasound.
Good luck!

@HappyBaker: I had a SUA with my daughter, who was born in 2010. We did a fetal Echo, I was monitored via U/S every 2 weeks because a SUA can be a marker for restricted fetal growth.... my daughter was born on time, perfectly healthy, and a whopping 9lbs. She's now 7 and we've never had any health related issues.

My MFM specialist said that this happens more often than we think, and prior to high-def ultrasounds they wouldn't know if a baby had a SUA until they cut the cord at birth. More often than not, it's just the way the umbilical cord forms and it doesn't pose any issues at all.