Ultrasound why so little research
very interesting readin
as are most AIMS publications
very thorough!!
http://www.aims.org.uk/ Denise Hynd
"Let us support one another, not just in philosophy but in action, for the sake of freedom for all women to choose exactly how and by whom, if by anyone, our bodies will be handled."
- Linda Hes
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifairy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] big baby
hmm, the difficulties of trusting ultrasound for baby weights...
I hear many midwives recount stories of the inaccuracies of this practice, & the less-than-ideal outcomes that follow. Everyone seems to have a story - mine is about the woman carrying twins, who at 37 weeks was told by her OB that she needed a US to 'check the babies'. US result came back saying that there was over a kilo discrepancy in the weights of the babies, twin-to-twin transfusion was diagnosed, so she was induced (at 37 weeks). Her beautiful babies were 7lb & 7lb 4oz, a 4oz difference.
Does anybody have evidence that US *is* a 'reliable' tool for diagnosing/estimating baby weights? Why are we using/trusting this tool if all we keep hearing about are stories like these? How many stories are out there regarding US weight diagnosis being accurate?
Jennifairy
Mary Murphy wrote:
I realise that some U/S weights are close, but recently had a tall, well proportioned primip woman who was told her baby was 4.8kg. when she was induced later for PROM this image of the big baby certainly affected her. she later had a c/s of a 3.6kg baby. Now she has a scarred uterus and her reproductive future is influenced by this as she is 41 & wants to have another baby quickly. Now she has to worry about the VBAC research which says it would be safer to wait 2 yrs, which she can't. One can never say that she would not otherwise have had a C/S, but one has to wonder. MM
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