Talk:Obstetric ultrasonography

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In the hands of an experienced sonographer, embryos as small as 5mm in length can be visualized. - Don't believe this to be true. If someone can produce some proof then it could be put back in. violet/riga 12:31, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I do. We had our 18mm baby imaged two days ago. Last year my sister's baby was imaged at a much smaller size (she was able to detect pregnancy very early on and have it done earlier). Put it back, I think. Jdavidb 14:35, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)


 * But what's the point. Isn't this simply looking for a use for the medical technology, rather than using it for anything useful?  This is technology in search of a use! Maustrauser 00:51, 10 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Instead of readding just that I think this article could be massively expanded with the help of http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/ violet/riga (t) 14:43, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I am a registered obstetrical sonographer (ARDMS #4810) and have been scanning for 25 years (first equipment Rohe, Picker and Searle) and after 10+ years of marriage I could tell my wife was pregnant one week before she missed her first period. The first sign was that her uterus was bigger (uterine volume) than I had imaged many times before and a slight thickening of the fundal endometrial lining was evident. That nite a urine pregnancy test confirmed our joy. I have had patients buy one of every type of urine pregnancy test and the low cost department store brand has been right with the expensive "three packs". Commonly the urine pregnancy test is the first positive sign of pregnancy, ultrasound confirms the intrauterine location of embryonic cardiac activity in virtually all patients at 7 weeks gestational age (from conception). Ancedotally, I believe the high power of continous wave doppler heart monitors should be avoided during embryonic/fetal organ formation and scans should only be conducted by confirmed trained sonographers with registries in the field of interest. At this time I believe half, if not most, studies are performed by unregistered sonographers in full compliance with insurance and medical law. IMHO  Lawson2k@juno.com


 * Does this have anything to do with the article? How often were you scanning your wife? And just for fun? JFW | T@lk  22:12, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

China...
There's an insinuation at infanticide about China having outlawed obsteric sonograms, and a bitabout sonographers working the black market in white vans outside obstetrics clinics.

Can anyone fill in this information? I'm curious about it.

History
Is there Wikipedia page for the history of obstetric ultrasonography? When it came in to use, when it became routine, advances in technology on a timeline, etc.?

Duplicate reference
Seems like [37] and [38] point to the same source 2605:EF80:80E1:831:0:0:63:E029 (talk) 16:58, 13 October 2022 (UTC)