My wife is 24 weeks pregnant, and an early ultrasound showed that she has SUA. After that, we were scheduled to come in around once a month so that our doctor could check the little one’s progress.
Today was one of those checkups, and she was unable to find the left kidney (it may be there, but she thinks the possibility is good that it isn’t). I’m usually the question-asker, but was unable to be there for the appointment this morning. I understand that the child could lead a relatively normal life with one kidney, but that things could get more complicated if there is a second kidney that hasn’t formed correctly. I may call the neonatologist later, but was wondering if anyone knew what other potential problems could arise from here on out.
Any doctors out there with the straight dope?
Mods: I don’t need medical advice, just the facts that google didn’t provide.
Not a doctor, but I do have a story. In 1987, when I was about 8 months along with my second, an ultrasound technician said, “We think there might be something wrong with his kidneys.” So, frightened, we hustled over to the St. John’s much-more-expensive deluxe ultrasound machine in Springfield, where their ultrasound technician said, “Welp, his kidneys are okay, but we measured his thigh bone, and he’s going to weigh 10 pounds; you might want to think about a C-section.”
Since this was my second, my OB allowed us to deliver naturally. And when he came out, the L&D nurse blurted, “That’s no ten-pound baby!” And sure enough, he was 8 lb. 5 oz.
So the moral of the story here is, take all ultrasound reports with a grain of salt, because sometimes they’re dead wrong.
Even after 20 years of development have–presumably, theoretically :rolleyes: --made ultrasound technology foolproof, I’d still not hit any panic buttons just yet.
Not panicked, but I would be very surprised if they’re way off on this one. She even said that there is a possibility that it is there, but they just aren’t seeing it (the baby is in an awkward position).
The risk of Renal Malformation goes way up with SUA, so we knew that this was a possibility. On top of that, it’s the left one they can’t find, which is typically the one that goes missing.
Thanks for responding to my post & for the kind words. I had a feeling this thread was going to scroll off pretty quickly.