Like most moms out there, you will most likely access a private facility for a Private Ultrasound Scan in Aylesbury instead of relying entirely on the routine scans performed at the NHS. But what exactly is an ultrasound scan usually used for?
It basically depends on the stage of your pregnancy. Depending on how long you have been pregnant, ultrasound scans can:
Find out the real cause of any bleeding that you may be having during pregnancy
Check that your unborn baby has a heartbeat
Examine your little one in your womb to see if everything is going well and to see if all his or her organs are normal
Find out whether you are pregnant with twins or just one baby or more
Date your pregnancy accurately by measuring your baby
Detect or identify an ectopic pregnancy. This is a condition where the embryo implants in the fallopian tube or simply outside the womb
Diagnose most abnormalities like spina bifida or open spine, and anencephaly or absent brain
Measure the baby’s rate of growth over a number of scans
Help with a wide range of diagnostic tests like amniocentesis or chorionic villas sampling (CVS), by showing the position of your baby and position of the placenta
Assess your unborn baby’s risk of Down’s syndrome through measuring the fluid that is found at the back of your little one’s neck as from week 10 of pregnancy through to week 14. These are usually revealed through nuchal translucency (NT) scan
Say why the results of a blood screening test were not normal
Measure the amount of the amniotic fluid that you have and determine where the placenta lies
When it comes to Private Ultrasound Scan in Aylesbury, most experts, if not all, agree that ultrasound scans should only be performed by trained and qualified health care professional. But even so, scans are usually recommended only when there is a clear or suspected medical reason. For instance, a scan may be recommended to determine of your baby is actually developing normally. In fact, this is the main reason why you will most likely have only a few ultrasound scans during your pregnancy.
An ultrasound scan can show if your baby is a boy or girl. However, it is not usually say to tell whether the baby is a boy or girl if the baby is lying in an awkward position.
