2 vessel cord

SmilingBluEyes · Mar 8, 2006

It's relatively rare and "can" be linked to certain defects. My sister's son had a two-vessel cord and she certainly stressed it, but he is fine, 3 years later.

SmilingBluEyes · Mar 8, 2006

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/453593

good article.

perle1 · Mar 8, 2006

Thanks, smiling blue eyes, I also appreciate the link. I've been feeling sentimental and reflecting on his birth and the cord issue came back to me. He was induced 2 weeks early due to low amniotic fluid levels but otherwise no problems and his amnio was perfect.

SmilingBluEyes · Mar 8, 2006

I am glad your babe is healthy. That is the best outcome possible.

jarrn03 · Mar 10, 2006

My son also had a 2 vessel cord. It was DX at my 20 wk ultrasound. I was sent for a level 2 US and nothing else was found so we elected not to have an amnio.

8 wks later I delivered due to pre-eclampsia. He spent 74 days in the NICU.

After he was sent home we noticed that his "preemie" head was looking odd. His forehead was growing in a V shaped. We were sent to a craniofacial doc and he was dx with Mytopic Craniosynostosis. That lead to some genetic testing because of some other dysmorphic features.

He was found to have a chromosome abnormality on # 14. It had duplicated half of it's self. So the genetist researched like crazy to find some data and they can not find anyone with the same type of abnormality or a syndrome related. So Joel has his own "syndrome".

I am happy to say he his totally normal!! Developing normally with kids his age! He does have chronic ear infections because of his craniofacial deformity.

They think the 2 vessel cord is related to the chromosome abnormality.

Julie RN

I forgot to mention he was conceived after I had had my tubes tied for 3 yrs!!

SmilingBluEyes · Mar 11, 2006

MY son had craniosystosis too! But no genetic defect was attached to it----no one in our family has ever had a kid w/any defect, let alone a major one like this. He had surgery at 3 mo to fix it...and is fine now.