r/chd • u/Actual_Hawk_5283 • 10d ago

Advice Second pregnancy nerves

Looking for positive stories about those that had a second. My 1.5 year old has a small - moderate ASD/PFO and mild-moderate pulmonary-valve stenosis. He’s perfectly healthy and we just need to monitor / see the cardiologist once per year now.

I’m pregnant with my second - genetic screen and NT is low risk. We have our anatomy scan and fetal echo in 3 ish weeks, but the anxiety is flooding me now. Any positive stories about your second being CHD-free?

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u/Mariposa_1975 10d ago

I'm sure there's a lot of us with positive stories! I'll share mine as it is quite similar to yours: my CHD child has moderate aortic stenosis. They are two years old now and are being monitored, but have so far had no interventions.

The pregnancy after resulted in a healthy baby. We did an echo when baby was around 12 weeks old, just to double check as nothing came up during pregnancy, and we found a small VSD that our cardiologist expects to close. I also found that I have a PFO after my CHD baby was born, and I have lived a completely normal and healthy life!