Obstetric Ultrasound in San Antonio
Riverwalk OBGYN has several state-of-the-art obstetric ultrasound machines in our San Antonio obstetrics center to provide top quality ultrasound services. This imaging technique does not use radiation and is noninvasive, convenient, and painless.
Obstetric ultrasound uses:
- Monitor fetal development
- Estimate baby's due date
- Confirm how many babies you're carrying
Obstetric Ultrasound in San Antonio
Riverwalk OBGYN has several state-of-the-art ultrasound machines in our San Antonio obstetrics center to provide top quality ultrasound services. This imaging technique does not use radiation and is noninvasive, convenient, and painless.
Obstetric ultrasound uses:
- Monitor fetal development
- Estimate baby's due date
- Confirm how many babies you're carrying
Obstetric Ultrasound Questions & Answers
Obstetric ultrasound uses sound waves to produce pictures of a baby within a pregnant woman, as well as the mother’s uterus and ovaries. Since it does not use ionizing radiation, it has no known harmful effects. Additionally, it is the preferred method for monitoring pregnant women and their unborn babies.
An obstetric ultrasound (also called sonogram) is a prenatal test offered to most pregnant women. It uses sound waves to show a picture of your baby in the womb. Ultrasound helps your doctor check on your baby’s health and development, as well as your health.
First-trimester obstetric ultrasound. It is ideally performed before 13-14 weeks of pregnancy. A first-trimester ultrasound examination can help diagnose a miscarriage early and the presence of multiple babies.
Second- and third-trimester obstetric ultrasound. Second- and third-trimester ultrasounds help to assess fetal growth and anatomy. An obstetric ultrasound examination may also include evaluation of the fetal position, amniotic fluid volume around the fetus in the uterus. And it can show the location of the placenta, fetus’s cardiac activity, the fetal spine, and fetal anomalies.
An obstetric ultrasound is safe for you and your baby when done by your doctor. Because ultrasound uses sound waves instead of radiation, it’s safer than X-rays. In fact, doctors have used ultrasound for more than 30 years, and they have not found any dangerous risks.
For most women, ultrasound shows that the baby is growing normally. If your ultrasound is normal, just be sure to keep going to your prenatal checkups.
Sometimes, ultrasound may show that you and your baby need special care. For example, the ultrasound may show that your baby is breech (feet-down instead of head-down). In this case, your doctor may try to flip your baby’s position to head-down. Or you may need to have a cesarean section (also called c-section). A c-section is surgery in which your baby is born through a cut that your doctor makes in your uterus and belly.
Best Obstetric Ultrasound in San Antonio
At Riverwalk OBGYN, we subscribe to the highest ultrasound imaging standards making us the premier obstetric ultrasound center in the San Antonio area. After all, it’s one of the few ways our doctors can help you see and hear your baby before it’s born.
Additionally, an obstetric ultrasound help your doctor see how far along you are in pregnancy, if there are any potential problems, and if your baby is growing properly. Most women have two ultrasounds during pregnancy, but you may have more if your doctor feels it’s medically necessary.
Best Routine Obstetric Care in San Antonio
While some pregnancies can make for a stressful time, it’s also a wonderful and exciting experience. At your routine obstetric care appointments in San Antonio, we can help you minimize anxiety which supports your pregnancy for a healthy mother and baby.
Getting early and regular obstetric care can help you have a healthy pregnancy and a full-term baby. At each of your visits, we check on you and your growing baby. So, go to all of your obstetric appointments, even if you’re feeling fine.