Learn about 3D ultrasound - Does ultrasound affect the fetus?

3D ultrasound plays an important role in obstetrics. Not only for monitoring the development of the fetus but also valuable in detecting and handling birth defects during pregnancy.

With the advancement of science and technology, this form of ultrasound was born allowing a much clearer observation of the fetus. But does doing much harm the fetus?

What is 3D ultrasound?

3D ultrasound is 3-dimensional ultrasound, with many different angles and especially at the same time can capture thousands of images, providing clear 3D images, not only can the internal organs and tissues of the fetus, but also clearly illuminates the face and fragility of the fetus.

Benefits of 3D ultrasound

3D ultrasound will help pregnant mothers see clear images of the fetus, the movements and development of the fetus through each stage of pregnancy. Mom will understand the situation of the development of your baby more secure. Or take prompt measures in cases where the fetus has unusual signs.

Moreover, 3D ultrasound, also early prediction of the sex, expected date of birth of the fetus. However, the accuracy of the results depends on who performed the ultrasound scan of the pregnant woman.

If you have a high level of expertise and long-term experience, then the ultrasound will have high accuracy. And there is an objective factor that helps to accurately ultrasound sex. That is, if the baby is in a favorable position, the sex prediction is about 90% correct after 16 weeks.

In addition, when using 3D ultrasound, it will help pregnant mothers detect defects early in the fetus. Such as a heart defect, cleft lip, or neural tube defect.

Since then, care planning and postpartum follow-up, there are suitable treatments for newborn babies. This also helps parents to prepare mentally and know in advance what to do for their baby after birth.

What week is the 3D ultrasound correct?

By the time 3D ultrasound is utilized and fully utilized. Most precisely, when the fetus is 26-30 weeks old, mothers should use 3D ultrasound technology to monitor the fetus.

Because of this time, the baby's subcutaneous fat helps to clearly form the fetal face rather than the bone support. When the fetus is more than 30 years old, the head is more likely to enter the pelvis. It can be more difficult to capture the face.

In addition, when using 3D ultrasound during this period also helps to limit the possible adverse effects on the fetus when exposed to prolonged sound waves. Because 3D ultrasound is less time consuming than 2D ultrasound.

The images are captured very clearly and stored on the hard drive of the computer for later use if necessary. The 3D ultrasound takes about 30 minutes to perform.

3D ultrasound can affect the fetus?

Like many other medical techniques, ultrasound is increasingly improved in equipment as well as technology to make the process faster and safer.

Ultrasound not only to see the baby in the abdomen, but it is a method of medical examination with a clear purpose and content. Therefore, the ultrasound examination should be limited in the framework of medical examination and treatment at important times of pregnancy or as directed by a specialist.

Many studies show that ultrasound does not cause any significant effect on the mother or fetus. However, pregnant mothers should not overdo the ultrasound.

Too much pregnancy ultrasound is not only economically expensive, it also takes a lot of time. Because of the waiting times to be examined and by ultrasound.

In addition, ultrasound only helps detect morphological abnormalities. Means what is visible. Functional disorders cannot be diagnosed.

Sometimes the shape of the organ is not normal but the function is still good and vice versa. Functional disorders are only detectable after the baby is born. So, do not overdo it.

Things you need to do when entering the 3D ultrasound room

During a 3D scan, for the best ultrasound results, the fetus must face away and have enough amniotic fluid around the small face. Usually, an ultrasound reveals the baby's tiny back, shoulders, buttocks and limbs.

But in many cases, the fetus will not face and curl up. Turn your face inward and cover your face with your hands. At this time, the doctors will ask the mother to walk and talk with the baby. Or gently rub your abdomen to let the baby move to change position.

She will then be asked to drink plenty of fluids to help fill her bladder. And raise the uterus a little higher in the pelvis, making the ultrasound picture clearer.

After the ultrasound scan, the pregnant mother can choose to save the 3D ultrasound results to the disc or print the pictures as a souvenir. In particular, fathers can participate in the ultrasound process with their wives.

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