i am priya i am now 7 month pregnant.... i
went for a ultrasound scanning. doctor
said tat the baby growth is very fine and
i have my baby weight to be 0.850kg.
Doctor said us to take another scan since
in my babies brain there is a extra growth
of "prompting IV ventricle". I asked
doctor is that a tumer. doctor said no and
she told not to worry since that will go
wen the baby grows....but i feel
afraid.... u say what is tat and give me
clear view.....
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Pregnancy Answer A3755 Posted: 03-09-08 19:13pm
In medical science, the term “extra
growth” usually refers to some tumor. If
that “extra growth, prompting IV
ventricle” in your fetus wasn’t a
tumor your doctor should told you what it
really was. It seems to me that he is not
sure either.
You can ask for another scan and second
opinion.
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