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Why The Babies Layout Of Heart Is Not Seen During The Scan At 22 Weeks Of Pregnancy?

i have had a few scans and now i am 22 weeks pregnant and they are still scanning to check for the size and layout of my babies heart they can see 4 vessels but not which way they are travelling the sonographer said the right and left ventrical should cross over and none of this can be seen. Could this be something serious x
Wed, 16 Sep 2015
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Hi,

At 22 weeks it may be difficult to see everything clearly on scan ,this could be because the baby's position is such that it makes visualization of heart difficult.
It does not mean that something is abnormal.Unless the heart is visualized fully and correctly a diagnosis can be made.

It would be advisable for you to get a scan done at 24 weeks ,and, if at all something abnormal is noticed you could go for further Scan called fetal 2D Echo and also show to a fetal medicine specialist.

Regards.
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Why The Babies Layout Of Heart Is Not Seen During The Scan At 22 Weeks Of Pregnancy?

Hi, At 22 weeks it may be difficult to see everything clearly on scan ,this could be because the baby s position is such that it makes visualization of heart difficult. It does not mean that something is abnormal.Unless the heart is visualized fully and correctly a diagnosis can be made. It would be advisable for you to get a scan done at 24 weeks ,and, if at all something abnormal is noticed you could go for further Scan called fetal 2D Echo and also show to a fetal medicine specialist. Regards.