Hi. Im wondering if any of you mama’s have had this experience. I went for my 18.5 week checkup at the dr and got my anatomy scan sonar of the baby and the dr. Said he has multiple cysts on his right kidney and are sending me to a specialist. If any of u have gone through this any advice or insight is greatly appreciated!
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Look up multicystic dysplastic kidney. My son had the same issue when he was in utero, when he was born they did an US and couldn’t find anything, cysts were gone. I was young and no one ever told me to follow up. Had ear issues and two years later his audiologist suggested to have his kidneys checked. Turned out the one that had cysts on it was gone and just scar tissue. The cysts ate away at the kidney.
I would have them checked yearly and make sure to find a good specialist. My son is otherwise healthy, has had no major issues and is now in his twenties. Many people have only one kidney and function fine. I would also be sure to find out babies blood type at birth in case you ever need it should an emergency arise regarding the kidney.
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This may not be the same but I had just lost a bubba to SIDS and was preggers and they told me that my new little girl had cysts on her right kidney and looked as though it wasn’t functioning well. I was devastated next level. When she was born they did tests and established it had no function at all. She is now 15, totally heathy, we had scans for a few years hear and there but no drama, it still doesn’t work and still has cysts but her left kidney since she was a toddler was near adult size and doing a beautiful job of two kidneys. Xx
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My daughter has a complex cystic tumor in one of her kidneys(found out at the age of 4,but was told that she was most likely born with it);(she’s almost 18 now)…She had to have regular checkups & monitored by a urologist ever since…At first it was every 3 months…;now it’s once a year…I did study the LPN course & am very inquisitive (also my dad had kidney cancer:cry:) so I asked the docs soooo many questions(as any worried mama would)…I was informed by the doc that the tumor do grow & is supposed to grow “with” the body…as long as it doesn’t grow too fast of a pace…also the shape & the texture are also important to take note of…If it is a normal cyst,it will grow (round or oval) with no rigid surfaces…But when it becomes deformed & has rigid surfaces that’s when it calls for an alarm…Luckily,my daughter’s tumor did grow only “with” her body & had NO rigid surfaces…& is now turned to just a ball of water…THANK GOD:pray:
I did ask as to y they wouldn’t remove it f it was only a ball of water,but this is the way the doc explained it to me: “The tumor hasn’t caused much trouble (a bit of pain) & f removed,they’d have to cut into a main organ…& y do that f she is living a normal life,as apposed to disrupting it”…I hope this helps answer any questions that u may have.
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They gave no other information about it? Like what it could be? No possibilities? You didn’t ask? I’m sure there are plenty of things it could be. Asking a fb group is like googling something. You’ll get answers ranging from nothing to sheer panic 
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Not with s baby but kids and adults in my family…it ended up being cancer. 2 could have cysts removed and 3 needed entire kidney out but all good once surgery was done
My daughter had several cyst. One went away before birth so she was born with one & by 6month check up to figure out the plan it was gone too!! Prayers work 
feel free to msg me, I know how scared you are
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My daughter had that happened to her when I was pregnant with her her right kidney has no function but her left one is perfect she follows by a nephrologist yearly we watch for IUD don’t give her Morton and always keep her well hydrated but she is totally fine I won’t worry
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My 5 year old was flagged with same at 20 week scan. Hers was MCDK Multicystic displastic Kidney…. They say kidney, but essentially the good one is the only one they have the one with mcdk is just tissue with cysts that never formed into a kidney, happens randomly around the 5-6 week mark. For some it grows and can cause some issue, for others like ours it starts to shrink and the cysts dissolve. By the time she was born hers was around 2cm I think and good kidney slightly bigger than normal and compensating well. We had regular scans to check the good one was working properly and producing enough amniotic fluid. She had a scan about 8 weeks to check, again at about 5 and 11 months, by 11 months she had no cysts and the rest had reabsorbed leaving her with 1 healthy kidney 
scanned at 5 and will again at 10 just to keep an eye on it.
It can sound scary when you first hear but they seem to know a bit about it these days. A lot of older people before the days of scans don’t find out till like 30s/40s when they go in for other stuff as they have never had any issues. When X-ray and ultrasound first started finding it early they used to remove it shortly after birth around 6 weeks old, but now realise mostly they can let it do it’s thing
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At the anatomy scan they found a cluster of cysts on my sons liver, when he was born they did an ultrasound and determined we would watch them once a year he gets a scan and they are still there but no blood flow and not growing. He’s a healthy 3 year old and they said we probably would have never known if they hadn’t found them on the scan
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I had this when my mum when was pregnant with me, the way the doctors explained it to my mum was the kidney stopped developing and ‘grew inside itself’ and so I was only born with the one, healthy kidney xx
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I had the shakes for maybe two days
It gets better
My mother born in 1918 only had one functioning kydney. She didn’t know this until she was older. She lived until her 70s. She was the mother of seven of us. Never had any problems.
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I’m not sure if this helps, but my 10yr old (oldest) was diagnosed with a complex cyst on her ovary during pregnancy. I ended up getting ultrasounds every week until her birth. I was sent to a specialist right away. She ended up having surgery to remove it at 8wks. We were living in Las Vegas at the time and a children’s hospital was the best place to go. Make sure you do your research on Drs and what it means to have cysts on kidneys. Go in with written questions. That’s what I did, because you’ll forget everything when you walk into the exam room.
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Ask your doctor more info
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Get checked out ASAP is what it means
I have had cysts on my right kidney for almost 20 years. They never change or pop.
My granddaughter had one on her kidney. They aspirated it several times and finally removed it when it filled up and caused a lot of pain. Everyone is different.