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Ultrasound question
I'm reading trough TCOYF again and I'm curious about some thing.
The author is talking about charting being beneficial to knowing when your actual delivery date should be rather than letting the doc go off of a typical 14 day cycle ( just copied that from the book basically). And that this is better because some couples don't want avoid such procedures,...? What's the risk of getting an ultrasound? Why would someone want to avoid that?
Just curious. Thanks!
Re: Ultrasound question
Oh! Ok. Has there ever been any proof that it even hurts the fetus? I thought it seemed silly but I really dont know I guess. It seems I've only ever heard a pregnant couple say "we can't wait for our US" not "we aren't havin one"
Thanks
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What Laura said. Some worry that ultrasound and even the use of doppler put radiation and can effect the baby. But it's really not true, both are safe and used by medical professionals. As long as you aren't having an ultrasound every day, all day for the whole pregnancy and using a doppler 24 hours a day, your kid will be fine. I've had 4 ultrasounds so far, all medically necessary, and am having another tomorrow, and one more in June that is on the schedule. I use my doppler a couple times a week for a few minutes at a time. Sometimes I think the baby doesn't like it because I can hear him/her kicking the wand, even though I can't feel it yet, but I think it's more the poking of the wand as opposed to the high pitched sound waves it emits.
People freak out about all kinds of things during pregnancy. Some will get paranoid about having a laptop on their lap near their belly, or standing near a microwave, when all that is deemed safe. Charting is great for letting your practitioner know what day you O'd, but most likely, they will still date from your LMP or a dating ultrasound. I was charting, I told the doctor when I know I O'd, which would make my EDD one day before that going off my LMP, but she is still going with the LMP date, even though the ultrasounds always measure a day or two ahead. Not a big deal in my case, but in someone who O'd later, I think that info would be much more useful to an OB in determining EDD.