FTM nervous about Ultrasound

ButterflyFem · April 2013

Originally I was going to get none, then I agreed to the 20 week one to confirm that my placenta has not settled over the cervix...then I figured might as well look at baby...then might as well look for sex as I strongly feel it will help me bond.

However I read reports about bones heating, loud noises interrupting baby and I just don't trust the machines but I can get extreme too...I don't know what I will do.

Did anyone else battle with this??

Ps I understand the necessity of then for Mom's who are high risk I'm more asking about 'routine' ones

tokenhoser · April 2013

I think that while minimizing u/s is a valid choice that having one is wise. I don't believe any of the things you're talking about are real risks. I think they're hype by a certain kind of people with a certain kind of perspective and a poor grasp of sci

ButterflyFem · April 2013

Thank you, I have a hard time trusting and it's hard to know which facts are valid, it seems to me most children I know have received them and are healthy, I just wonder besides checking on my placenta what could be done about anything they find with baby

SidraJedi · April 2013

I wasn't going to have any. I don't know really what they do or don't do, there have been so few recent studies, as far as safety, etc. But the fact is that if so many moms are getting them they can't be that bad if they are bad at all.

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botanicalbliss · April 2013

ButterflyFem:
Thank you, I have a hard time trusting and it's hard to know which facts are valid, it seems to me most children

tokenhoser · April 2013

Many birth defects can be discovered at the anatomy scan, some of which might change the medical team you want present at your birth. Others would risk you out of a home birth or birth centre in order to provide appropriate care to a fragile newborn. Some

ButterflyFem · April 2013

Thank you, this is all very helpful :

honkytonk_kid · April 2013

I definitely understand being a bit wary of any procedure, but I think a good, thorough anatomy scan is very important, especially is a mother is considering or planning an out of hospital birth. Not being sure of dates would warrant an early dating u/s.

pumabrew · April 2013

I am doing my best to limit the number of ultrasounds. I have had 2 so far...1 at 12 weeks that I agreed to because I had some spotting and another at 18. I was actually dropped from my first OB because I refused a 7 week U/S. I often

alliejoe · April 2013

pumabrew:
I am doing my best to limit the number of ultrasounds. I have had 2 so far...1 at 12 weeks that I agreed to be

Aurora_Borealis · April 2013

I think there is a big difference between having one 20-week anatomy scan and having an ultrasound at every appointment in a low-risk pregnancy (which seems to be the norm in some OB practices!).

The 20-week anatomy scan was important to me becau