I was diagnosed with severe ascites on my unborn fetus at 16weeks in both the abdomen and chest and was told to expect the fetal heartbeat to stop, i am now 24 weeks with the ascities having spontaneously resolved and feel like i ve just been dumped in the desert as noone has discussed possible birth defects or problems resulting from this and i m reading storys on the net and scaring myself stupid, please help
Yes there is possibility of congenital malformations in your baby. But it's strange that previous scans showing severe ascites which has been resolved spontaneously.