What's the big deal???

Question

My friend just told me that getting too many ultrasounds cause alarm and risks to your baby. I work as a radiologist and am always popping in for a quick ultrasound to look at little peanut. I don't see why this would have affect on babes?

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I get as many as required by the doctor.  I don't just voluntarily get ultrasounds.

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In all the research I've read and done through med school I found one scholarly article that had a theory of the only way ultrasound would cause harm is the change in temperature in the uterus. It was concluded that it would take 6+ hours of consecutive none-stop ultrasounding for the transducer to create enough heat for the baby to even feel.

Ultrasounds are total safe, have as many as ya like.

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More like insurance companies refuse to cover ultrasounds for the fun of it so drs do two unless medically necessary for more. It's due to insurance not it being unsafe. I'm 16 weeks and I have had 4 already and another one in 2 weeks. If they r so dangerous how come us high risk pregnancies have more due to complications? They r safe unless like another one said someone does ultrasound for 6 hours or more.

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I had twice every week for 12 weeks and 1 X-ray when I was 28 weeks pregnant , my girl doesn't have any health problem, she's developing just fine , I think the radiations  from this new mashies are low

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I was high risk and got 10 and my baby is perfectly healthy and ahead of development.

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Zero danger

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She's right. Too many can be damaging.

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I've had 17 during this pregnancy...baby seems fine to my doctors!

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This is old knowledge that has since been debunked.
 
I conceived via IUI and my IVF Clinic did weekly ultrasounds.
 
I am only 31 weeks and have had 10 so far with AT LEAST one more.  But the first 5 I paid out of pocket for.

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There are some studies done to see if too many ultrasounds are harmful but everything I've read seems inconclusive.

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