n()_cHIEFs Drivel

…well Jen and I are going in on April 3 for the final ultrasound for the baby. At this point I’m really wondering why they’re having us do so many. The excuse this time is a followup on our Level 2 ultrasound that we did a couple weeks ago to take one more look at the heart. I am starting to question the need for all these looks, and have come to the conclusion that because the people doing the work know our insurance will cover every penny of the cost of prenatal care, well why not help pay for their pretty new machine that does 3D ultrasounds, blah, blah.

I just want to know if it will have any effect on the child at all. I’ve been reading about Autism lately and one of the hypothesized causes is ultrasounds. In fact the lack of actual lack of studies between ultrasounds and their effects on unborn children has been described as “appalling”. Something utilized so much by the doctors tasked with the care of our unborn children as unstudied enough to be described as appalling by anyone, let alone a Dr. in the field, is scary to say the least. I still think medicine is much more art and luck than science.

Hopefully nothing wrong with the ultrasound, hopefully nothing they show is out of the ordinary, hopefully I’m just being paranoid again. I guess time will tell.