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At the time I thought that the ultrasounds that i had were lovely but
they also caused me a lot of confusion.
With katyelyn I did not want to know the sex of my baby but at 26 wks
raced into the labour ward - terribly hperflexic the doctor called for an
ultrasound machine and announced - "she is about 750grams and it looks
like a girl to me." I instantly said - "But it could be a
boy." I would not believe her and I did not want to know. Just
because I was sick and having a premature baby didn't mean that i had
wanted to know the sex before it was born. And when she was born she
had gained a week and was a much better weight at 1010grams.
Then with George they did an ultrasound (for a suspected false labour
which i know/knew was a pulled muscle) and told me that my baby at 29
weeks was 1800grams and was going to be huge! Well, I am sure this
contributed to me fears during labour - I had a c/s for a 1010gram baby
and this "HUGE" baby who was 1800 at 29 weeks
Nobody explained to me that his growth slowed down and that he was a
normal size at 42 weeks and that I wasn't having a monster.
On that note I am sure that my body made sure that he grew fast just
in case someone took him out at 27 weeks. I really believe that my
body put all in to make this baby develop quickly and then once the danger
time was over I settled into enjoying being pregnant and his growth slowed
to a normal pace.
Regards
Rhonda.
-------Original Message-------
Date: Thursday,
November 14, 2002 11:47:17
Subject: Re:
[ozmidwifery] FW: [birthnews] Social use of Ultrasound in
Pregnancy
Just a couple of 2 cents on this. I think it is sad that
people think this
makes the pregnancy real or more real, surely by
20weeks there are other
more real signs that signal this. On the other
side these are computer
generated images: some very clever person wrote
a program that puts together
all of the measurements from the sono and
so produces a visual image, it is
no more accurate or real for that
matter than the measurements from which
the percentiles for gestational
age are generated. At best it is a
sophisticated cartoon image of the
baby. I should be careful I could be
getting into a complicated
esoteric discussion on reality.
Oh well. In Seattle there lives an
ultrasound technician who has bought her
own machine and sells in utero
u/s images to mums and dads who had no
clinical reason to get an
insurance paid u/s, there is always a business
opportunity around.
Amazingly, even a few (a very few) of our homebirth
mums, who wouldn't
have an anomaly scan for ethical reasons had one of these
because they
were cute??
ahhhh!!!
ps. I really do think this technology
is great to have when it is needed!!
However, because this is rare,
people find reasons to use it more often for
no good
reason.
marilyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally
Westbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent:
Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:27 PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] FW:
[birthnews] Social use of Ultrasound in Pregnancy
>
>
My hesitation around ultrasound is that no-one can produce research
to
> prove that this is a safe thing to do. Until this is clarified
I remain
> one who will advocate the use of ultrasound for clinical
indications
> only rather than as a routine
intervention.
>
> Sally Westbury
>
> -----Original
Message-----
> From: Jodie Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2002 2:16 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Subject: Re: [birthnews] Social use of Ultrasound in
Pregnancy
>
> Just an anecdote to add...
>
> Yoga
pals and expectant friends of mine recently had
> their 20 week scan
at the Royal Women's Hospital
> Brisbane and they came home with,
not only the regular
> B&W prints, but a set of
*extraordinarily* detailed
> colour "photos" of their baby's face in
utero. The
> technician got so excited at the quality of image
that
> they were achieving and printed off some 8 or more
>
wonderful pictures for the parents-to-be to take home
> and
enjoy.
>
> I must say the images gave me shivers! The level
of
> detail achieved was amazing... who could blame parents
>
for wanting to take advantage of this opportunity to
> "meet" and
bond with their baby?
>
> I've heard of ultrasound being used
to help couples
> accept their baby in unplanned pregnancy or of
women
> using the ultrasound scan to reign in a dad-to-be in
>
denial.
>
> My own two (soon to be three) experiences of the
20
> week anomaly scan were extremely warm and wonderful
>
like a verification and validation that all was normal
> and healthy
with the added bonus of allowing us the
> opportunity to learn our
babies' gender - something
> that I felt helped me to bond with my
babies in utero
> just that little bit more. I made every effort
to
> call my husband to attend if I was referred for an
>
impromptu scan in later pregnancy and we always walked
> away with a
warm glow and a sense of familiarity with
> our unborn member of the
family. We framed ultrasound
> pictures and emailed scanned images
to distant family
> so that everyone was able to share our
joyful
> expectation.
>
> I realise that this technology
is over-applied but
> it's hard not to get excited when we are
offered the
> opportunity to see the unseeable. Suddenly a
>
pregnancy becomes real, the baby becomes real and,
> once actually
viewed, it becomes easier to think of a
> future with baby in
it.
>
> Just my two cents,
> Jodie
Miller
>
>
> --- Jan Cornfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > Joanne
> >
> > Not on social
use
> > but informed choice etc
> > http://www.aimsusa.org/ultrasnd.htm
>
>
> > What about some of the sites for mothers?
>
>
> > Jan Cornfoot
> >
> >
>
>
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