Friday, April 30, 2010

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Pregnancy Ultrasound

What is pregnancy ultrasound? It is an imaging test that uses high frequency sound waves that are transmitted through mother womb to produce images on the screen that shows baby's structure. Nowadays, ultrasound scan are done through out the pregnancy gynecology visit to ensure the healthiness of the baby in the mother's womb.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Early Ultrasound Pregnancy Scan

This scan is offered to mothers, if they have bleeding during the first few weeks of pregnancy or if they have history of miscarriage. This scan is done normally at 6 to 10 weeks, and most of the time is using vaginal scanning. The following information can be derived during the scan:

  1. Baby heart rate detection
  2. No of baby in the womb
  3. Location of the baby in the womb, to confirm the place is correct.
  4. Confirmation of the date of delivery comparing it again the first day of mother’s period.

This scan is very reassuring to parents as it acts as the 1st proof to the parents the existence of the baby in the womb.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Early Signs of Pregnancy

Pregnancy signs and symptoms differs from woman to woman and it is also differs from pregnancy to pregnancy.

Understanding the early signs of pregnancy, leads to early detection of pregnancy, and is good for mothers to start taking care of themselves. It may also a serve as a early detection of some other health issue.

Below are some early signs of pregnancy that appear as early as 1 week after conception:

  1. Swollen / Tender Breasts

Some people may notice that their breast tends to be swollen or tenderer or even sore and sometimes they feel slight pain around the nipple area.

  1. Bleeding / Spotting

This is known as implantation bleeding, where by some mothers experience slight bleeding or dark spotting. This symptom is often misunderstood as normal period, and mothers tends to neglect it until some other below symptom appear.

  1. Tiredness

Most people will also feel more tired, after undergoing normal daily routine, and will tend to sleep longer.

  1. Nausea

This is the most well known signs of pregnancy, where by the nausea feeling comes suddenly, which most of the times, triggers by some smells. Some women will feel nausea when they are slightly hungry or when they are full. This is also known as morning sickness. The term morning sickness, is just a term, and it might happen to mothers anytime of the day and at anywhere.

  1. Headaches

Some women experience nausea, while some will have headache due to change of the hormones in the body.

  1. Food craving

While some woman having nausea feeling as part of the early sign of pregnancy, they will lose appetite of food, some craves for certain type of foods, and can have large portion of it.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Preparation before undergoing 3D Pregnancy Ultrasound Scan

Unlike normal 2D ultrasound visit, mothers do not need to have full bladder before the 3D appointment.

However, in order to get good images, mothers should drink adequate amount of water for one to two week prior to the appointment. This is to ensure that there is adequate amount of fluid surround the baby and the fluid is clear. This fluid is known as amniotic fluid.

Benifit of 3D Pregnancy Ultrasound Scan

There are many benefit of the 3D pregnancy ultrasound scan namely:

- Identify bone and body shape abnormities

- Identify baby spine abnormities

- Identifying abnormities in the heart, and any other baby’s internal organ

- Identify baby gender

- Identifying baby subtle feature, leading to effective diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities

- enhance parental bonding

- influence young pregnant women to cancel their intention on abortion, as the mother is able to see the baby face and facial expression

3D Pregnancy Ultrasound Scan

3D ultrasound scan is a 3 dimensional still ultrasound image produce by listening to sound waves and converting them into images by sophisticated computer program. It results into dimensional images of baby surface or internal organ. This is similar to the method used in CT scan. With 3D scan, you are able to see the shape of baby face.

The scan can come in any color, but in most cases, it is given as golden hue as it is regarded as the most pleasing. Normally, 3D scan is done between week 24 to week 34. Prior to that, the baby face is not fully form, and do not have the baby look yet. After week 34, the baby size is too big, and it might be facing inward (spine).