I did not really have breech and low placenta issues but my baby has the bright bowel aka echogenic bowel issue that you mentioned.
For breech position, not too worry, baby can turn down anytime for the low placenta also not an issue yet since you still have some time. Placenta may move up on its own.
For the echogenic bowel, it is a soft marker for Down syndrome. During first trimester I did the oscar test and it was low risk but during 20th week detailed scan doc says baby has prominent and bright bowel issues. However, I was told by KKH that only follow up can be done at 28 weeks to see if the problem persist. Then I went to seek 2nd opinion with TMC, did another detailed scan and doc says bright bowel is a soft marker for DS but since it is an isolated issue for my baby, oscar test says low risk and baby is growing well, he said 99% will born healthy. I believed that did not go for other tests since I was determined to keep the baby.
Now at 38 weeks, baby turned down, placenta went up and bright bowel issue has vanished. So yes, it could be my baby swallowed some of my blood too.
Maybe one question you can ask your gynae is what’s the score of the bright bowel. If not wrong got score 1, score 2 to understand how bright the bowel is. Some gynaes said that score 1 bowel is pretty normal in pregnancies. So don’t worry too much!!
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