Had my anatomy scan yesterday on our identical twin girls. Both had mild echogenic bowel. They took my blood to screen for the CF gene and to test for antibodies to CMV, parvovirus B19 (fifth disease), and toxoplasmosis. I’ve already been screened for all the trisomies and came back low risk, so I’m not to worried about that one. I’m also not concerned about fifth disease as I was tested for that in my first pregnancy and had the antibodies. Also I haven’t had a bleed this pregnancy (sometimes babies swallowing blood causes an echogenic bowel). But I’m of course an absolute nervous wreck. I’ve been crying since yesterday and so scared for our girls. I researched to the point of exhaustion and know that most times babies are fine. But that doesn’t ease my mind much. I have a follow up scan in two weeks and hopefully the blood results before that. I just wanted to know if anyone has had experience with this. Especially with twins. I can’t help but think the worst since they both have it and they are identical. I think I’d be less concerned if only one had it. Again, the dr said it was mild echogenic bowel and tried her best to reassure me. I’m just still so scared.

Thanks ladies!

Update - I had an ultrasound yesterday that shows the echogenisity is less than two weeks ago and all my blood work came back clear. The babies appear to be healthy and perfect. The lab somehow forgot to test for toxoplasmosis, but I’m not too concerned about it. They the took my blood to test for that.

I was mainly concerned about Cytomegalovirus (CMV) which is the super bad one! So relieved it’s negative. However I’ve never had it (no antibodies), so I have to take extra precautions to ensure I don’t contract it. I’m just so relieved. The past two weeks have been nothing but anxiety attacks and tears. Now to enjoy the rest of the pregnancy.