Most people feel that they have a right to an u/s, but I’ve never had one for either of my two children. Is there anyone else here who didn’t get one? Why didn’t you get one? Did you decline or did your doctor tell you it wasn’t necessary? Or did you not receive medical care during your pregnancy?
2007-02-23 01:56:41 · 8 answers · asked by babypocket2005 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
My oldest is 3, so I'm not referring to years ago before ultra sounds were commonplace.
2007-02-23 02:12:06 · update #1
My doctor was actually the same age as me and was actually pregnant right along with me both times. She characterized my first pregnancy as "disgustingly normal" (which is of course a good thing). So she was not old school and I was very happy with her care. When I asked her why I shouldn’t get one, she explained that I didn’t really need one, everything had been fine so far and there was nothing in my family history to suggest expecting abnormalities and she pointed out that there were women who actually needed them to diagnose actually problems and my having an unnecessary u/s would increase the wait times for those women. My children were born healthy.
2007-02-23 02:30:08 · update #2
Frankly i think its very refreshing! VERY often songrams are over-used...even when there is no question about due date they are often used just to verify the pregnancy, or the exact due date (as if there was such a thing) Another good example is that a doctor should be able to feel EXTERNALLY if the baby is breech or not...and not have to resort to yet another sonogram....in most intances anyway....Your doctor is right, there is no medical need to have a sonogram and some feel that this technology could have a downside and might be somehwat to harmful to a developing fetus. Congrats on finding such a forward thinking OB!
2007-02-23 03:51:41 · answer #1 · answered by motherhendoulas 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know my mother and her generation did not get ultrasounds for most pregnancies. Ultra sounds can be good at recognizing serious problems, like my friends son needed immediate surgery at birth so it changed the location of where she delivered. They can also cause more anxiety too. My ultrasound revealed that my daughter had a cortoid plexis cyst, which is a marker for a tragic form of down syndrome, so I had to wait a month and then go back to get another ultrasound. My daughter had no other signs or markers other than this, but nonetheless, I was in a panic for four weeks. Of course my baby was fine and while I was undergoing this I heard many similar stories. Unfortunately, some of these markers are accurate in rare instances, but usually they are false alarms and just cause anxiety. Soemtimes the opposite scenario happens. My midwife told me the only child she delivered with trisomy 18 had no signs on the ultrasound and it wasn't discovered until the baby was born. Who knows. Is it worth it?
2007-02-23 02:10:53 · answer #2 · answered by jc2006 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This does seem a little odd to me. My oldest is 6 and I had an ultrasound with her, and also with my youngest. And we didn't have any concerns or family history of anything to worry about. Everyone else I know had one also. I don't guess it is really necessary most of the time, but I think it's usually done anyways. Plus, most people want to know what they are having so that they can either buy boy/girl stuff for the baby. I know when I had mine done with my oldest daughter, she was lying the wrong way, and we couldn't see if she was a boy or a girl. It was really hard to do her nursery neutral and buy all the baby clothes and everything neutral.
2007-02-23 03:13:31 · answer #3 · answered by mommyof2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had 3 ultrasounds in this pregnancy! The first one was at 18 weeks just to check on vitals and growth, and the second one was at 22 weeks because they had said the baby was too small to tell some things (load of crap I think! But who knows!) and I had one about 2 weeks ago at 37 weeks because they thought the baby might be breech! (Thank God she's not!!)
I think that I'd always want an ultrasound, I think it's cool to get pictures and see that little thing that's moving inside you all the time :)
2007-02-23 02:45:08 · answer #4 · answered by Danielle M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had at least 1 during all 4 of my pregnancies. They are routine practice now, but only 1 during an uncomplicated pregnancy. Is your doctor older and from the old school when ultrasounds were not common practice? I would definitely ask him/her during your next visit. There maybe other issues that you disagree with in which case, you may want to find another doctor.
2007-02-23 02:14:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I only had one ultrasound with my youngest daughter which was at 11 weeks and only to get an accurate due date(had just had a miscarriage so they wanted to make sure) After that I had none because I had no pregnancy complications (IF I would have wanted to find out the sex...which I didn't...I would have had to pay for it out of my own pocket)
2007-02-23 02:02:09 · answer #6 · answered by mom2ace 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had 2 for my baby and enjoyed it very much!
I know a girl who did not get them for her 3 children... she felt it was not necessary.
2007-02-23 02:04:04 · answer #7 · answered by Viv 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because years ago
they never did them
unless there were
complications.
2007-02-23 02:02:14 · answer #8 · answered by Cher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋