A limited obstetrical ultrasound may seem like an unnecessary step, but an ultrasound provides critical information about your pregnancy. Don’t skip this vital step to protect your health. Get all the information you possibly can and schedule a no-cost, limited ultrasound today.
What Is an Ultrasound?
Ultrasound is an imaging method that utilizes high-frequency sound waves to capture real-time images of the inside of the body. We provide ultrasounds, which create images from the outside of the uterus looking in.
The ultrasound transducer picks up echoes of sound waves. The echoes bounce back and electronically become black and white dots. Those dots reveal an image from inside your uterus, which can be viewed.
Why Is an Ultrasound Important?
There is so much more to know about your pregnancy than just a positive pregnancy test. An ultrasound answers three essential questions:
1. Is My Pregnancy Located in the Uterus?
A pregnancy located outside the uterus is called ectopic. Only the uterus is capable of sustaining a growing pregnancy. If it grows elsewhere, such as in a fallopian tube (which leads to the uterus), the tube could burst, causing internal bleeding.
Ectopic pregnancies are extremely dangerous, even life-threatening. A positive pregnancy test doesn’t indicate whether your pregnancy is ectopic, which makes an ultrasound a vital step.
The abortion pill does not terminate a pregnancy outside of the uterus. A pregnancy outside of the uterus requires immediate medical attention.
2. Am I Actually Pregnant?
If a pregnancy is developing, it’s known as a viable pregnancy. According to experts, as many as 26% of all pregnancies end in a miscarriage. Because a woman’s body takes time to return to pre-pregnancy hormone levels after a miscarriage, there still could be traces of the pregnancy hormone hCG in her body, which would give a positive pregnancy test result.
Only an ultrasound can determine whether your pregnancy is viable or if you have had a miscarriage.
3. How Far Along Am I?
It can be difficult to determine the exact day you became pregnant. If you are considering an abortion, knowing the number of weeks and days you have been pregnant is critical since the FDA approves the abortion pill method through 10 weeks only.
Ultrasound takes measurements that can determine how far along you are in your pregnancy.
Pregnancy Calculator
Another possible way to determine when you got pregnant is to use a pregnancy calculator.
Get a No-Cost Limited Ultrasound
Schedule an appointment for free and confidential pregnancy testing. If your test is positive, we’ll arrange for a no-cost limited obstetrical ultrasound. It’s a vital step you don’t want to miss.
