Fetal ultrasound

A full-fledged diagnosis of pregnancy in our day, when computer technology is increasingly embracing medicine, is simply impossible without ultrasound (ultrasound or sonography). Thanks to the equipment of the new generation, which displays high-quality color images including real-time images, the ultrasound of the fetus allows studying the baby in the womb without harming it, and by recording on the USB-medium and archiving ultrasound sessions, you can monitor the development fetus by week in dynamics.


What does the fetal ultrasound study during pregnancy?

Ultrasound of the fetus, as a method of highly informative, inexpensive, safe and non-invasive examination, which does not require special preparation of pregnant women for ultrasound, includes diagnostics in the following main directions:

Carrying out all the above studies is included in the mandatory so-called "screening program", which is carried out in each trimester of pregnancy (10-12 weeks, 20-24 weeks, 30-32 weeks) to identify defects and chromosomal pathologies. To confirm the reliability of the obtained ultrasound data, during pregnancy, genetic counseling, biochemical screening and invasive methods (chorionic biopsy, amniocentesis, cordocentesis) can additionally be prescribed.

Ultrasound in determining the sex of pregnancy

As a rule, specialists do not give individual recommendations for ultrasound with the sole purpose of determining the sex of the child. This can be only if it is necessary to diagnose hereditary diseases, for example, hemophilia, or other conditions associated with genetics. How accurately with the help of ultrasound in pregnancy will be determined by the sex of a boy or girl, depends on the professionalism of the doctor and the term of pregnancy.

Definition of ultrasound, for example, the fetus of a boy occurs by visualizing the penis and scrotum. But it happens that it is mistaken for the penis doctor can take the loop of the umbilical cord or fingers of the hand, and for the scrotum - a temporary swelling of the labia in the girl. In addition, the boy can squeeze the legs, and in the conjecture of a specialist to become a "bashful girl."

Sexual organs of the fetus on ultrasound, according to scientists, can be identified not earlier than 15 weeks of pregnancy, even though their formation ends by the end of 12 weeks. In this regard, the optimal period for determining the sex of the child is the period of 22-25 weeks of pregnancy: freely moving in the amniotic fluid, with the doctor's patient approach, the kid will certainly show himself.

By the way, in addition to ultrasound with 100% guarantee, the sex of the child can be established by the method of chorion biopsy - a puncture of the uterus with a thin needle and taking its contents for the analysis of the chromosome set. This invasive study is prescribed for medical reasons, for example, with the same hemophilia, in the early term - up to 10 weeks. The implementation of this procedure only to find out the sex of the child is unsafe because of the probability of miscarriage.

Good and "healthy" protocols to you ultrasound!