Had to pay more for this sonogram...$175. It was a very detailed in office sonogram that took around 50 minutes. Lots of measuring of the baby's body parts and inputting of data. We were not able to determine the sex of the baby as he/she wasn't cooperating.
A thickening of the heart muscle was noticed on the sonogram, and indicated by a white spot on the heart. Our doctor came in and explained that this could be a sign of a chromosomal abnormality in the baby. However, since everything else had measured correctly, there were no other known markers for an abnormality. He said in 99% of these cases, that the thickened muscle is just a normal part of this baby's development, and would probably go away in several weeks.
He then that he would send us over to Winnie Palmer Hospital to have a more detailed ultrasound. My husband asked what this would accomplish, if anything was discovered. Our doctor said that if an abnormality was found, that they would recommend an amniocentesis to get more specific results. He then said that no matter what they found, there was nothing the hospital could to fix a chromosomal abnormality. He said that sometimes people decide to abort the baby, which he knew that we we would not do.
We told him that we weren't interested in going to the hospital. He said that another option would be to have a sonogram in his office in four weeks.We could then look at the heart again and see if the thickening had gone away. That would also give us another chance to hopefully find out whether we are having a boy or a girl. We decided that we wanted another sonogram, that we would wait four more weeks, and that it was worth the cost.
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