Did any moms have a lot to ultrasounds in there pregnancy?

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I’m considered high risk and I have had 2 ultrasounds within 7 days I’m so scared That she is going to be affected by them. I’m only 15weeks they are very short less then 5 minutes. Has anyone had lots of ultrasounds in there pregnancy and has baby been fine? My doctor told me they are just sound waves and she will be fine. But online they say they can be harmful.

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Sweetie, listen to your doctor and not strangers online.

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If you’re high risk the frequent ultrasounds are better for your baby than not.  I had many with my first because of preeclampsia.

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I'm a FTM and I'm currently 21.2 wks pregnant with my daughter right now. I'm also having a high risk pregnancy. 
I've had 6 ultrasounds so far with another one scheduled tomorrow. So far, my baby is doing AMAZING. She's measuring ahead consistently and I started to feel her move around 15 weeks. (Hoo boy, she's an active one now. Mama is starting to get a little sleep deprived already thanks to the barrage of kicks all night long. 😅) I obviously haven't delivered her yet and can't say for sure, but I don't think the scans have had ANY negative effects on her whatsoever. 
The most important thing to consider is risk vs benefit. Feel free to ask your care provider what they hope to learn from each ultrasound and how the knowledge potentially gleaned would change their treatment approach. If there's a clear usefulness and benefit to having diagnostic information it's more than reasonable to get it. The "risk" with ultrasounds is that the sound waves can increase temperature to a very slight degree. (It's worth noting though that most of the studies done have NOT been on pregnant women. The ultrasound machines in question were usually echocardiograms looking at adult tissues. OB ultrasound machines are always set to the lowest degree possible. So, the intensity between the two different ultrasound uses (echocardiograms and obstetric) aren't the same.) 
If you're ever worried about things like this I recommend having an honest chat with your MFM and/or OB. I've found it really helpful in wading through all of the contradictory info I've gotten online during my pregnancy. Ask them to explain exactly what the risk is, how they feel about that risk, and how they personally handle making the call about whether or not an ultrasound is indicated in each specific case.

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I’m an ultrasound tech. Yes, there can be risks but it is unknown how high or to what extent for the same reasons someone else already mentioned. A 5 min ultrasound is not likely to hurt baby. The biggest concern would be tissue heating as sound waves produce heat. But techs know about it and know how to scan to reduce any risk. And then of course you have to look at the benefit vs risk. Since the risk of ultrasound is thought to be pretty low, it’s most likely more beneficial to use ultrasound more frequently to make sure baby is ok. Always keep in mind that YOU are in charge of your pregnancy. YOU decide what does and doesn’t get done. If, after discussing with your dr, you feel like something doesn’t need to be done then speak up and say no. They are working for you.

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Ultrasounds are usually limited because they don't know if they pose risks, it's unethical to do studies on it so we can't know.
I had 2 scans 2 days apart with my son, then monthly scans at one hospital with another 2 scans at the first one. Around 12 weeks I had the 2 scans 2 days apart, between 20-24 weeks I had 4 scans. My son was fine and healthy when he was born, the reason he needed the extra scans resolved itself before he was born.

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I had ten during my first pregnancy. I thought my kid was going to come or glowing in the dark 😂😂. She’s fine. It will be ok.

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With my son i had an untrasound a week after 20 weeks because he had intrauterine growth restriction caused by genetics(i had it in utero too). Hes completely fine. The ultrasounds wont do anything to hurt him, my doctors assured me thats its completely safe to have even daily ultrasounds if needed.

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I’m going on my 7th ultrasound due to a tear I had I’m going to be 13 weeks next week and getting the next one next week and my baby is doing fine the tear cleared up so currently I’m getting them once a month but before I was getting them ever week to two weeks

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Yes I had ultrasounds every 2 weeks after 16 weeks when I found out I had twins. I was 22 weeks when they found out they were identical so I had to be closely monitored for TTTS which they ended up getting anyways lol

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With my daughter I had the initial ultrasound,  the anatomy scan, an ultrasound when I went to the ER with kidney stones, and growth scans once a month for the last 4-5 months.   She's almost 2, healthy and crazy smart.  Hit all her milestones early.  I wouldn't worry about it.  Honestly I was more nervous with my son because he didn't need growth scans so I didn't have any ultrasounds after 22 weeks.  It was nice to know my daughter was growing and get to see her every month!  Even so I still had at least 4 with him.

Did any moms have a lot to ultrasounds in there pregnancy?

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