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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I have the same diagnosis at my 21 week scan.  I am now 38 weeks.  Ventricles were about 11-12mm.  My OB referred me to Dr Bathgate at GW, and at 24 weeks, the ventricles were about 10-11mm.  That started a whole series of sonogram monitoring.  Finally at 28 weeks, Dr. Macri of GW referred me to Children's hospital for a fetal MRI, because he couldn't see the corpus colossom of the brain.  That completely freaked me out.  Luckily the MRI went well and the doctors that reassured me that the ventricles enlargement is so mild that I shouldn't be worried and sonogram normally cannot see corpus colossum anyway (really mad at Macri for scaring me!!).  I was so grateful to Dr. Chang at Children's when she finally said "go back and enjoy the rest of your pregnancy."  And then few more weeks passed and my OB asked me to follow up with GW again.  This time round, they said ventricles are fine, but fluid is low and femur is short.  They even suggested that this could be a dwarf baby, without considering that both parents are Asians and we are short people!!  Now I don't go to GW anymore.  In my opinion, they always will tell you the worst case scenario to cover they behind in fears of lawsuits.  So I would say listen to you current OB and don't anyhow assume the worst by going to the highrisk Drs.  I wish I didn't go to GW at a first place.[/quote]

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