Ultrasounds

It's best to lie on your left. Lying on your right you can lie on a big blood vessel (sorry don't remember its name) and on your back you will be putting pressure on your intestines.

The sinoatrial(SA) node located in the right atrium.

This is really a question for the doctor who oredered the sonogram but if the person was pregnant it sounds as if she has had a miscarriage. If there is nothing to see the bleeding should stop soon.

Can you see a babies heartbeat by looking at the mothers neck?" yes, it is said to be a myth of a old wise tale being told.

Neurosonography is a small, specialized section of ultrasound, frequently used in the NICU on premature babies. Images of the brain are able to be produced on premature and young babies due to the skull not being fully fused together yet, therefore allowing the ultrasound beam to reach the brain tissue. Neurosonography is also used before the baby is born, and still in the mother's womb. Once the skull has fused, transcranial ultrasound is still possible to an extent, through very small openings within and around the skull. This area of ultrasound is frequently used in high risk pediatric and specialty hospitals, such as St. Jude Children's research hospital. Using ultrasound on the brain of a fully fused skull is more challenging because an ultrasound beam cannot penetrate through bone. However, with skill and knowledge, it is possible to obtain brain images.

the only chance of miscarriage is if you are cramping and bleeding and see blood clot--miscarriage has nothing to do with breast tenderness--like you said you seen the heartbeat that mean you and your baby are fine and healthy..... congrat..and best of luck

No. Gestational age is measured from the woman's last period. Even if she doesn't know when this was, the gestational age is time from conception plus 2 weeks. For example, a 'gaedd 19 weeks' will give you a due date 21 weeks in the future. You are 17(+ 1 day) weeks from conception. 19(+ 1 day) weeks from your notional last period and 21 (- 1 day) weeks until your EDD.

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Using a Doppler ultrasound, the fetal heart can be detected at around the 6th - 7th week of pregnancy these days.

A machine called a lithotripter is used to crush the kidney stone. The procedure is performed by a urologist on an outpatient basis and anesthesia is used. In shock wave lithotripsy, the person lies on a table or, less commonly, in a tub of water above the lithotripter. The lithotripter generates shock waves that pass through the person’s body to break the kidney stone into smaller pieces to pass more readily through the urinary tract.

Full term gestation of a fetus ranges from 38 to 42 weeks. Doctors primarily suggest 40 weeks in the EDD (estimated date of delivery), but a woman, especially first time mothers, can go into labor two weeks early or two weeks late of her EDD. However, if a woman appears that she will not go into labor after more than 42 weeks, or if the baby is already getting too large earlier than 40 weeks, the doctor will induce labor. That is the number they shoot for.

In any case, the best way to confirm paternity is a DNA test post-partum.

Hi there, i'd definitely go to your GP or phone the hospital or midwife, they'll need to take a scan to see whats wrong, it could be a miscarriage or it could just be bleeding for no other reason. I had heavy bleeding at around 10 weeks and thought the worst so when i got an appointment at the hospital the following day to get an ultrasound you could imagine my amazement to see the baby there with a heartbeat, i was so relieved. I was told after my scan it was a clot and posed no serious threat and would probably disappear on its own. So good luck and get yourself down to that hospital or GP!!!

as soon as you can hear the heartbeat, sometimes they beat in sync tho so you cant tell until the ultrasound...If you suspect twins tell your dr. and ask for an early ultrasound, although they may already have an idea because of HCG levels on blood pregnancy test

Most women can resume normal activities almost immediately. Patients should avoid sexual intercourse, douching, and tampon use for at least two weeks to prevent infection while the cervix is closing and to allow the endometrium to heal completely.

The sound waves are projected into the pelvis, and measure how they reflect--or echo--back from the different tissues.

The yolk sac first becomes visible at 5 weeks. By the end of the week it should be visible. If it is not, there is always the possibility that conception occurred later than the dates suggest, and so the baby would not yet be 5 weeks old.

The probe is moved around the abdomen's surface to obtain different views of the target areas. The patient will likely be asked to change positions from side to side and to hold the breath as necessary to obtain the desired views

A carotid ultrasound examines the structure of the carotid arteries. A carotid ultrasound is used to test for blocked carotid arteries which could result in a stroke.

Acquired kidney absence means a kidney was surgically removed. In contrast, congenital kidney absence is a medical condition defined by the failure of fetal kidneys to develop. This will mainly cause deficiency of the amniotic fluid in the pregnant women.

Your baby is about 2 ounces and 4 inches long! This is the week you may start feeling little flutters in your stomach. His eye lashes and eyebrows will be grown this week! Your baby can also start to detect light this week, although his eyes are still sealed shut. His neck is also fully supporting his head now.

Does it cover ultrasound

yes http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/ultrasounds/l/blus1index.htm (go to this site)

Ultrasound imaging, or diagnostic sonography, is offered at all our Insight Medical Imagining locations through Alberta. Using non-invasive sound waves instead of radiation, Ultrasound imagining is used to assess body structures. A sonographer uses an ultrasound transducer to generate sound waves that detect echoes produced in the body. A computer interprets the echo and provided detailed images for the radiologist, who will review the results and send a detailed report to your doctor.

"They" can see internal organs, vessels, and the unborn fetus. Pathological processes, such as foreign objects, masses, plaque, and fluid collections are also visible. Bones and air is detectable, but no detail can be seen and it cannot be seen through. Ultrasound cannot see through bony structures, dense, solid masses, or air whether it be in the bowel, lungs, or elsewhere.

Using ultrasound, yes. I had one done at 4 weeks with my first pregnancy. No everyone will see it though. Its very small..