(((HUGS)))....each baby is so different and I really think it depends on the ultrasound tech and doctors doing the scans and if they are experienced and really know what they are doing and seeing on the scans. I really don't think diagnosis and when it is caught, plays into how well a baby well do. So many have the halfway ultrasound and no others and that is why CDH is missed so much until birth. The techs. or doctors miss it.

You do see parents finding out around 11-13 weeks, but it has to be a very good tech./doctor and they really know what they are looking at. The diaphragm is fully formed between the 7th and 10th week of pregnancy. Babies are usually so small it makes it very hard to see this birth defect early. Most are diagnosed at the midway ultrasound if they are going to be caught before birth.