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Level II sonogram- what to expect?
==Daye== writes:
: On 15 Jul 2003 18:38:44 -0700, Larry McMahan : wrote: :On the other hand, they are IM(NS)HO, virtually useless and grossly :overused. : You forgot *my* reasons for having ultrasounds. No you misread my post. I said *routine* ultrasounds. If you had diagnostic ultrasounds to rule out spina bifeda, then they were certainly not routine. In this case they would have a value. But, used routinely, without a suspicion of a defect, they simply do not turn up problems often enough to be worthwile. (that is, any more often than other, less invasive diagnostic techniques). : Ultrasounds are not 100%. However, they are a : great tool in determining whether or not my children have spina : bifida. It is less evasive, and there is no risk of a : miscarriage. Again, you are looking for a specific condition, so this would not be considered routine. : Other women use them if they are at a higher risk for Down's : Syndrome. Again, this would be diagonstic use, not routine. I am not arguing against the use of u/s as a diagnostic for specific problems, I am arguing against the routine use of u/s when no problem has been suspected. : -- : ==Daye== : Momma to Jayan : #2 EDD 11 Jan 2004 : E-mail: brendana AT labyrinth DOT net DOT au Larry |
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Level II sonogram- what to expect?
==Daye== writes:
: On 15 Jul 2003 18:43:28 -0700, Larry McMahan : wrote: :And why is that? See my reply to Lunar. : I saw your reply. I don't necessarily think that ultrasounds : should be routine. However, there are very good medical reasons : for using them. One of the first step for me in finding out if : my children have spina bifida is an ultrasound. If there is a : problem, then we go to other means if there is a problem : detected. : However, I think if you are not at a higher risk for spina bifida : or Down's, you might not need an ultrasound. I do think they can : be overused. However, they are not completely unnecessary. : -- : ==Daye== : Momma to Jayan : #2 EDD 11 Jan 2004 : E-mail: brendana AT labyrinth DOT net DOT au OK. Now we agree. I am only against routine u/s, which have shown no medical benefit. I am not against diagnostic u/s when a problem is suspected. Larry, tryign to be clear. |
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Level II sonogram- what to expect?
wrote in message ... They get lots of ultra sound scans in the UK starting early too. What do you mean by "lots" and "starting early"? The norm seems to be between one and two - a dating scan around 12 weeks and an anomaly scan around 20 weeks. Not all hospitals do the dating scan, mine only does the anomaly scan routinely. This is not to say that some women have more scans. I had scans at 5 weeks to check whether I was pregnant; at 7 weeks to check for a heartbeat; at 9 weeks ditto (that's the point at which I had lost my previous pregnancies); at 11 weeks ditto; at 13 weeks to check the nuchal fold; and at 19 weeks for the anomaly scan. My OB, midwife and radiographer all made the point that they don't like doing too many scans and that if I hadn't been having the nuchal scan there would have been nothing between 11 and 19 weeks and certainly no scans after 19 weeks as we can get the heart on sonicaid. This is fine by me. |
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Level II sonogram- what to expect?
I do have ultrasounds done but not sonograms, are they the same thing?
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Larry McMahan wrote:
b. Ultrasounds before 20 weeks are looked on by the medical community as a more reliable measure of EDD than the mother's recollection. This is based on the notions that a mother cannot be trusted to remember when her LMP was, when she made love, when she might have ovulated (even if she is charting) and that she cannot count ot 28. In some cases this skepticism of the mother's math abilities is correct, but it is a vast overgeneralization to paint all mothers with the brush! Just as it is a vast generalization to assume that counting to 28 would have any impact on dating the pregnancy... how many people actually have 28 day cycles? My record before stating ovulation induction was 67 days. LMP would have SURE been useful in dating a pregnancy had I managed to conceive that cycle! Jen who wishes she could have gotten pregnant without charting for months on end and knowing to the hour when she ovulated |
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Level II sonogram- what to expect?
Zucca4 wrote:
What will happen? Weight/ blood pressure? Can I eat lunch before? What specifically will they be looking for in terms of development? How long will it last? I am soooooooooooo nervous! I just want everything to be ok. Thanks, Lisa They are looking at all sorts of things, heart and brain formation, checking for cleft lip, looking for markers of Down's... I had mine done last week at a perinatologist's office. They took my BP, did not weigh me, and had me give a urine sample before going in to the u/s. Check with the office before you go. It took 30 minutes or more for each baby. I don't see what difference it would make if you've eaten or not. Good luck! Jen edd 12/20/03 - twin boys! |
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