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I
talked to my Obgyn about ultrasounds, especially the use of the dopler at my
regular visits. He has agreed not to use it on me so long as I was happy with
the baby's movements. I said I would get a Pinard for us to use at home and
would bring it in for my visits and he said he would be happy to use that. Never
once did I feel patronised so there is hope out there.
My
previous Obgyn was very careless with her use of the dopler and visual scanner.
When I had asked not to have regular scanning she still used the dopler. Only
later did I find out that it was worse than the visual
scanner.
When I
went in for the only scan we actually wanted the sonographer did not do the
"heat" scans on the heart because she knew I had concerns about the amount of
heat being generated in my baby's organs. I thought that was
considerate.
So far
I have had 2 in-surgery visual scans, 1 dopler scan (all with my previous Obgyn)
and one sonographer scan this pregnancy and I am 27 weeks. Last pregnancy I had
had about 14 dopler scans, 4 in-surger visual scans and 2 sonographer scans by
the time I was 27 weeks.
I hope
that you see this as progress. I feel a lot better knowing that the doc's need
to look or listen with electronic devices has not been at the expense of my wish
to be left alone.
Cheers,
Cas
McCullough
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Title: Message
- [ozmidwifery] ultrasounds. Barry MacGregor
- Wayne and Caroline McCullough
