I posted a question about insurance covering 3d/4d songrams and someone stated that they are not safe? Is this true?
2006-09-12 05:23:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
The reason some people feel it is unsafe is because prolonged ultrasounding can raise the temp. inside the uterus. There have been many studies done on this and all have found that with normal use ultrasounds pose no risk to mother or baby. Where the contreversy comes in is these new ultrasound shops opening up--where mom can go in and pay to see her baby on ultrasound just because she wants to with no medical reason. These places often ultrasound the mother for up to 2 hours and this can increase uterine temp. General use will be just fine for your baby.
2006-09-12 05:29:11 · answer #1 · answered by jilldaniel_wv 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have had a 3d/4d sonogram done with my last pregnancy. Why someone told you it was not safe I have NO idea! It is no different than a 2D sonogram...the only difference is the settings on the sonogram machine are changed. I would suggest getting it done if your insurance covers it..it is the MOST AWESOME THING EVER! Good luck!
2006-09-12 05:26:58 · answer #2 · answered by princezz051 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NOT true... I had a 3D ultrsound w/ my 2nd daughter when I was 31 wks along and she is FINE... And actually my OB suggested it to me cause I wanted to know for 100% without a doubt what the sex was of the baby and my ins. would not cover the 3D or another regular ultrasound. If there were anything unsafe about it my OB would NEVER have recommended it to me... If you want to have one & your ins. wont cover it try in your area if they have a place called fetal fotos. They are reasonably priced & you get pictures, a cd, a video and its really cool. I HIGHLY recommend a 3D ultrasound. It made me feel so much closer to my daughter than I did before. It just made it all so much more real and exciting. Not that it wasnt to begin with but you know what I mean...
2006-09-12 05:29:53 · answer #3 · answered by Janes_Addiction 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They are "presumed to be safe" but have not been PROVEN safe or unsafe.
What we do know is that exposure to ultrasound causes certain changes in cells of the baby and the amniotic fluid, and it is NOT KNOWN whether these changes cause any long-term harm or benefit.
The FDA has cautioned that use of ultrasound should be limited to cases of medical NEED, not for recreational purposes. They have specifically warned AGAINST going to so-called "boutique" ultrasound establishments, where the employees are not always adequately trained in proper use of ultrasound equipment.
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/104_images.html
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology also has an official policy that ultrasounds should be used in cases where there is a clear medical reason, not used routinely.
Ultrasound has a place, and in cases where it is needed the benefits outweigh any potential risk. The potential for risk does exist, and makes use of ultrasound for recreational purposes unwise.
http://www.acoustics.org/press/142nd/press_release.html#t16
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when the ultrasound is pointed at the fetal head, it directly vibrates the sensitive hearing structure of the fetus, creating high-intensity (loud) noise in the audible range.
http://www.acfnewsource.org/cgi-bin/printer.cgi?465
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"It's common knowledge among doctors," he says, that "fetuses responded to ultrasound by increasing their movement." Curious about why that could be, Fatemi decided to find out if the fetus could be responding to auditory stimulation...
Based on the noises he recorded, researchers next repeated the experiment with a tiny microphone implanted in a woman's uterus "There are some differences between that tank of water and the maternal abdomen," Fatemi says, but in both cases, ultrasound waves traveling through liquid produced similar sounds by vibrating the microphone components. The sounds he recorded were enough to convince him that the ultrasound vibrations could translate into noises that are audible to the fetus...
Based on his experiments, Fatemi concluded that ultrasound vibrations sound like the high tones of a piano, at about the same volume as an approaching subway train.
http://www.aims.org.uk/Journal/Vol17No1/ultrasound.htm
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The claim that 'obstetric ultrasound now has an established safety record' is dishonest. Although there has been very little research on longer term effects of ultrasound exposure in the fetus, all of it was done with earlier equipment which emitted much less power and gave the fetus a much smaller dose than the sophisticated equipment that is currently being used.
http://www.aims.org.uk/Journal/Vol16No4/ultrasound.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8105165
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Newnham JP, Evans SF, Michael CA, Stanley FJ, Landau LI
Lancet 1993 Oct 9;342(8876):887-91
A study of over 1400 women in Perth, Western Australia compared pregnant mothers who had ultrasound only once during gestation with mothers who had five monthly ultrasounds from 18 weeks to 38 weeks. They found significantly higher intrauterine growth restriction in the intensive ultrasound group. These mothers gave birth to lower weight babies.
The researchers concluded that prenatal ultrasound imaging and Doppler flow exams should be restricted to clinically necessary situations. This recommendation comes at a time when ultrasound during prenatal visits has become increasingly popular and serves as a kind of entertainment feature of office check-up visits.
More info:
http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/preScreen.html#USResources
2006-09-12 05:40:39 · answer #4 · answered by Kathryn A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some people still believe an ultrasound is like an X Ray...my father in law gets freaked out whenever I have one. 3 D Ultrasounds are very safe. I don't know if any studies have been done where someone is having one every single day, but 3D Ultrasounds are very beneficial. They detect problems, not create them.
2006-09-12 05:28:05 · answer #5 · answered by Mara 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They are perfectly safe. I had a 3d sonogram with my last child (who is almost 2). They are no different than a regular sonogram as far as the 'waves' that are sent thru you... you just get a 3-D image of the baby... They're pretty cool if you ask me!
2006-09-12 05:33:59 · answer #6 · answered by mamafence 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I had a three dimensional sonogram, and nothing happened. It was actually quite clear, I could make out his nose, and see that my child was a boy, on my own,
Try checking with one of the search engines about harmful affects of sonograms.
2006-09-12 05:26:50 · answer #7 · answered by LaceyPie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are 3d Sonograms Safe
2017-02-26 08:35:53 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I had one in Orlando last weekend and everthing went great there is no harm done to the baby you may want to wait until about 20 weeks to get the best veiw , i was 15 weeks at mine i found out the accurate sex and got a really neat dvd of it.
2006-09-12 05:27:48 · answer #9 · answered by lisamarie7901 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My neice had it done last year and her baby is just a healthy happy bundle of joy. So, i would say yes it is safe. But I do think it is a little spooky to be able to see your baby like that before it is born. You can see what he/she will look like
2006-09-12 05:53:15 · answer #10 · answered by surfer grl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋