I went to the doctor thurs and he did a
vaginal ultrasound. When he did the exam
he was telling me that the ultrasound was
showing that I was either to early to tell
or it was a mis pregnancy has anyone ever
had this happen and if so did it turn out
to be good news.
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Girrly
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 Location: canada
Posted: 09-26-04 17:30pm
I believe a vaginal ultrasound is where
they actually stick a scope of some sort
up there? I don't know if i'm right
either but that is what I think it is.
For pregnant women they yes do they do the
regular ultrasound. No sticking of
anything up anywhere dont worry.
wgking: i'm sorry I can't help you out
with your question i've never had that
done before. I guess your just going to
have to wait to see. Maybe somebody else
has some experience.
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jgirl34
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 6 Location: michigan
Posted: 09-26-04 17:47pm
My vaginal exam that showed nothing ended
in bad news. I miscarried at 8 weeks.
How far along are you?
Wish you luck
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Kia
Supporter
Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 09-27-04 04:51am
Ok - an ultra sound is exactly that.
The sonographer uses a hand held
transducer that transmits ultra high
frequency sound waves ino your abdomen.
The sound waves bounce back and give a
image of what is in your abdomen.
They use a electrically conductive gel on
your belly to prevent any air pockets from
giving a false image and to help the
frequency travel easier.
In a vaginal ultrasound (or trans-vaginal
as it is called) is when a transducer is
inserted into the vagina and again the
ultra high frequency sound waves a re
emitted to provide an image of the
contents of your abdomen.
The sonographer will change the frequency
to give the best image - the higher the
frequency the deeper the sound waves will
penetrate - so if you are on the large
side they will use higher freqeuncy to
bump the sound waves past your excess
fatty tissue.
There is no x-ray procedure involved as
x-ray can be harmful to the unborn baby.
If you are in the very early stages of
pregnancy it is possible to miss the
embryo, which is why sonographers perfer
to to the first scan around 10 - 12
weeks.
A large percentage of all pregnancies
spontaneously expire within the first 8
weeks (another reason why sonographers
like to wait). Not so long ago, before
pregnancy tests became so accurate this
would simply have been classed as a
late/heavy period and no grief would have
been caused.
Everything has good and bad points - the
good of early accurate pregnancy testing
is that you can get pre-natal care
quickly, the bad is that these pregnancies
that were never going to develop anyway
are now seen and then the mother grieves
for her unborn child.
Hope this helps.
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wgking
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Augusta
Posted: 09-27-04 05:22am
I have irregular periods so I am not sure
how fsr along I am
