Ultrasounds uncovered: your guide to every pregnancy scan:
Chances are you’ve squinted at a friend’s grainy ultrasound picture, nodded and wondered just exactly what you were looking at. Now it’s your turn for the scans and excitement.You get what ultrasounds do, but how do they work? Impress your partner by understanding the lingo.This sends high-frequency sound waves in your abdomen, where your baby’s tucked away.
These waves bounce off your baby and back to the computer to be translated into a picture, that’s what comes out as the white area. "You could be given extra scans in your pregnancy if particular issues are a concern," says Dean Meredith who is a sonographer at The Portland Hospital, London. "Growth issues such as growth restriction or large for dates would warrant extra scans or issues such as diabetes, if you are pregnant with multiples, any fetal anomalies or an unusual placental position are detected."
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