That said, sometimes you will have your ultrasound and be told that your baby is a boy when you had your heart set on a girl or vice versa. This is called gender disappointment. You are not alone here. Many moms feel some degree of sadness to outright depression.
PFO stands for Patent Foramen Ovale. A simple way to think of PFOâs is as a hole in the main interior walls of the heart. In the image below, you can see where the hole forms a connection between the left and right atrium, aka the upper chambers of the heart. It is a very common heart condition, affecting a quarter of the population.
A medical doctor that specializes in heart condition might order the following tests that would confirm whether the kid has patent foramen ovale (PFO): 1  Echocardiogram can be defined as a noninvasive ultrasound scan of the heart. Ultrasound of the heart is a golden standard in diagnosing patent foramen ovale (PFO).