Options For Your 3D Ultrasound Ohio

By Jocelyn Davidson


You can get the best view of your unborn child with a sonogram. Your sonogram operator or doctor can offer you the chance to get a 3d ultrasound Ohio, meaning it is a three dimensional DVD of your child when you have a checkup done. Steps for completion could vary, but outcomes are all the same even if you go to a different office to have it completed.

The average time frame that doctors suggest having this done is between your seventh and eighth month of pregnancy. It allows the parents to see details normally unable to be seen on a two dimensional ultrasound. This third dimension allows for seeing length, girth and even depth perception that many others are not able to see on a first visit.

This is generally done no earlier than twenty weeks due to not having the best results in details. Your baby's gestational growth has everything to do with how detailed the image you see will be, since it is monitored this way. Other tools are used to keep track of growth and amniotic fluid like abdominal measurements, but this is more accurate by far.

Your session will begin with unclothing the abdominal area, while your doctor or sonogram operator will squirt a bit of cool jelly onto the area. It is a water based formula, so you should not see any staining on clothing from the gel. A wand called a transducer is then used on top of the gel to help amplify the sound waves that are sent into your abdomen to reflect back off the baby to form a picture.

The wand then gets moved to other areas where the view may be better to see the baby. Different methods are used like perineum, surface planing and trans-vaginal planing. Any of these could be employed to get the best view. It isn't a requirement to use more than one to get an ideal picture, but it is based on the skill of your doctor as to what will offer the best views.

Many doctors will ask you to increase your water consumption for a minimum of a week before you have an appointment to keep the amniotic fluid plentiful and clear. Using the trans-vaginal transducer to enter the vagina will offer good views, while the perineum offers a good view from below much like abdominal planes offer views from above. All three combined leaves a full view of just about every angle.

You could use just one and have an ideal image. When you are done, the screen will show you a perfect picture of what your baby looks like including the facial features, toes, fingers and possibly the sex.

Some insurance coverages do not offer this as an option since they can be seen as a keepsake. It can still be an option, but you would need to determine if other payment would be required. Ask your insurance company about this to be certain. For details on your radiology options, talk to your doctor.




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