Ultrasound
in 2009, permitting only those “that are ordered by licensed healthcare professional and are needed for medical or diagnostic purpose.”3 Women want to feel like they know their baby before they are born. The goal of keepsake for ultrasound is to enhance the emotional bond between the mother and her child. Some believe that keepsake ultrasounds actually help the fetus and the mom. Improving the mother’s personal well-being intern improves the health of the fetus.
Having a prenatal ultrasound is usually an enjoyable event that combines medical care in family celebration.4 So long as the pregnancy is confirmed as healthy, women report that the scan is reassuring, that it confirmed the reality of the pregnancy and provides an opportunity to meet …show more content…
the fetus. This can be at the end of an exam where the sonographer turns the screen towards the family and points out the fetus to the family such as a profile view and if your clinical site allows or permits an image is captured for the mother to take home. Other people do ultrasounds to reveal the sex at parties or just to bond with their unborn child. Elective prenatal ultrasounds have been promoted as a means of enhancing parent-child bonding. Elective ultrasound sessions allow greater involvement of siblings and other family members and provide more time for the ultrasound compared to normal sonography checkups.
Some believe in question the organization such as AIUM are opposed to nonmedical keepsake imaging because they are fearful of losing control of the technology and their authority.
They state fetal ultrasound should be performed by appropriately trained and credential medical professionals with specific training in fetal ultrasound and that all studies should be properly documented in the patient’s medical record. Some doctors believe the mixture of having a trained professional who can provide medical diagnoses while having a portion for entertainment purposes would be beneficial for both the mother and the fetus. As technology advances Studies must continue to determine the possible long-term effects of prenatal …show more content…
ultrasound.
The woman who cannot experience enough visual confirmation of her fetus at her doctor’s office will likely go somewhere else to satisfy her needs so sonographers must find a solution that meets the demand of the mother but also ensures the practices of the ALARA principals.
As healthcare providers we have a duty to our patients to follow our code of ethics and to cause no harm. When explaining the potential risks to a patient you have to help them understand that not every place they will go will have fully competent sonographers and some will, but that’s a risk they are willing to take. They can take it as an understanding of anybody could use an ultrasound machine to display a picture of a fetus, but only medical experts are qualified to analyze that picture from a medical health standpoint. Boutiques are not medical inclined so they have no authority or ability to help the patient when need
be.
Whether a scan is 2-D or 3-D having a competent sonographer is key. Always wanting to point out proof of fetal life, and then showing the mother the anatomy while completing the examination. The more the mother can identify with the fetus the more the mother feels she knows her child. When a sonographer doing a bonding scan their role is to be the expert guide and to explain to the mother and family what they’re looking at. No matter what type of scanning sonographers doing whether it’s for keepsake or it’s for medical need interaction with the patient shouldn’t change; keeping the mother comfortable, calm, and informing her with what you are visualizing is what she should always experience. Interaction with the fetus on the screen is one way expectant parents begin to create an identity for their soon to be baby. Ultrasounds can give pregnant women information about the fetus that they may not know. It allows them to recognize and locate their fetus within. Ultrasounds help the women understand the positions the fetus is in and how that correlate with what she feels inside of her.
Having a prenatal ultrasound is usually an enjoyable event that combines medical care in family celebration.4 So long as the pregnancy is confirmed as healthy, women report that the scan is reassuring, that it confirmed the reality of the pregnancy and provides an opportunity to meet …show more content…
the fetus. This can be at the end of an exam where the sonographer turns the screen towards the family and points out the fetus to the family such as a profile view and if your clinical site allows or permits an image is captured for the mother to take home. Other people do ultrasounds to reveal the sex at parties or just to bond with their unborn child. Elective prenatal ultrasounds have been promoted as a means of enhancing parent-child bonding. Elective ultrasound sessions allow greater involvement of siblings and other family members and provide more time for the ultrasound compared to normal sonography checkups.
Some believe in question the organization such as AIUM are opposed to nonmedical keepsake imaging because they are fearful of losing control of the technology and their authority.
They state fetal ultrasound should be performed by appropriately trained and credential medical professionals with specific training in fetal ultrasound and that all studies should be properly documented in the patient’s medical record. Some doctors believe the mixture of having a trained professional who can provide medical diagnoses while having a portion for entertainment purposes would be beneficial for both the mother and the fetus. As technology advances Studies must continue to determine the possible long-term effects of prenatal …show more content…
ultrasound.
The woman who cannot experience enough visual confirmation of her fetus at her doctor’s office will likely go somewhere else to satisfy her needs so sonographers must find a solution that meets the demand of the mother but also ensures the practices of the ALARA principals.
As healthcare providers we have a duty to our patients to follow our code of ethics and to cause no harm. When explaining the potential risks to a patient you have to help them understand that not every place they will go will have fully competent sonographers and some will, but that’s a risk they are willing to take. They can take it as an understanding of anybody could use an ultrasound machine to display a picture of a fetus, but only medical experts are qualified to analyze that picture from a medical health standpoint. Boutiques are not medical inclined so they have no authority or ability to help the patient when need
be.
Whether a scan is 2-D or 3-D having a competent sonographer is key. Always wanting to point out proof of fetal life, and then showing the mother the anatomy while completing the examination. The more the mother can identify with the fetus the more the mother feels she knows her child. When a sonographer doing a bonding scan their role is to be the expert guide and to explain to the mother and family what they’re looking at. No matter what type of scanning sonographers doing whether it’s for keepsake or it’s for medical need interaction with the patient shouldn’t change; keeping the mother comfortable, calm, and informing her with what you are visualizing is what she should always experience. Interaction with the fetus on the screen is one way expectant parents begin to create an identity for their soon to be baby. Ultrasounds can give pregnant women information about the fetus that they may not know. It allows them to recognize and locate their fetus within. Ultrasounds help the women understand the positions the fetus is in and how that correlate with what she feels inside of her.