Screening ultrasound: are you for or against?

To date, every pregnant womanit is necessary to undergo a screening ultrasound and ultrasound transvaginal. The latter, in turn, is appointed only at the earliest possible date and only for the direct purpose of the doctor, since the transvaginal is the placement of the sensor in the vagina of the future parturient.

In theory, screening ultrasound is a regular routine procedure. It is approved by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

In particular, the first screening ultrasound is performed when the gestation period varies from 12 to 14 weeks.

It is interesting that in Europe (as in Russia)The ultrasound procedure is standard, but it is prohibited in the United States of America. Why and is it so dangerous? Let's understand.

The arguments of opponents:

- Screening ultrasound can be administered only if suspicion of placenta previa, polyhydramnios, placental abruption, fetal development retardation, or undeveloped pregnancy;

- any information about the course of pregnancy can be obtained without the use of any special means, including without the appointment of ultrasound.

Of course, one can not argue with the fact that screeningUltrasound for today is quite a young procedure, which is only to be studied, but its harmlessness has been proved for certain. In particular, earlier, in order to determine the size of the head in the fetus and pelvis in the mother, X-rays were used, the harm of which is certainly many times higher.

As a rule, the main goal of the passagescreening ultrasound is to detect any genetic defects in the fetus at an early stage of intrauterine development and, consequently, have time to make the necessary actions. Thus, this procedure is more of a psychological nature, removing any fear of a future mother that the fetus will be with anomalies in development.

Especially it is worth considering that the second screening ultrasound is carried out when the gestational age is already 21 or 22 weeks, but the third, the last, ultrasound - at a period of 32 to 33 weeks.

It is also assumed that no reaction toultrasound does not occur in a human, but children in the womb move very actively after the study, and this point is often used to stop the mother from worrying about the child being without motion for a long time.

It is necessary to take into account that importantthe fact that only after the procedure of ultrasound can determine with greater accuracy the duration of pregnancy, which, as often happens, may not coincide with the calculation of the mother in the first place.

So, it is important only to determine the exact timeto have time to "get in that period", which is shown at the first examination of ultrasound. In addition, you need to calculate the time yourself, starting from the first day of the last menstrual cycle, but it should be remembered that this will not be exact, but only averaged data.

After ultrasound, the obtained data will be compared bya special table with the adopted, and in the end, if it turns out that the development of the fetus is delayed by about two weeks, additional research will be needed and the question arises of the delay in the development of the fetus and the reasons associated with it.

Do you still doubt the benefits of screening ultrasound?