Ultrasound during pregnancy is widelyused method of diagnostic survey, women and fetal condition. It allows you to solve a range of problems, ranging from the detection of pregnancy and its duration, up to the early diagnosis of pathology of pregnancy and to identify various abnormalities and fetal malformations.

As a rule, carried out three ultrasound in pregnancy at different stages (the first ultrasound at 8-12 weeks, the second - 20-24 weeks, the third - 32-34 weeks). Three ultrasound in pregnancy allows to track all stages of development of the internal organs of the fetus, identify problems placenta, uterus and promptly respond to them.

If necessary, more frequent ultrasound (http://kuncevo.open-clinics.ru/uzi/predstatelnoi-zhelezy/) - For example, for early detection of the factpregnancy (study carried out in a period of 4 - 5 weeks), to control the course of pregnancy and the detection of serious fetal malformations, to clarify certain features of the management of labor. It should be noted that there are a list of indications for which the passage of ultrasound is mandatory (chronic kidney disease, endocrine and cardiovascular systems of the mother, hereditary diseases - Down syndrome, a history of the pregnant woman and the next of kin of cases nevynoshennoy pregnancy, miscarriage, deformities) and it is much more common than in healthy pregnant women.

Some people believe that frequent ultrasound during pregnancy is harmful to the fetus, but to date reliable data about the dangers of ultrasound is not revealed.

Ultrasonography allows you to seefetal monitor image in real time. If you wish to leave a memory change process of growth and development of your unborn child, you can make ultrasound images from the first months of pregnancy.

At the moment, for with USpregnancy used modern devices that allow to get the image on the screen in 3D even 4D. Ultrasound images during pregnancy on these devices are of high quality and are a unique diagnostic method, which allows you to see the smallest details of the fetus and to identify defects of fetal development in the early stages of pregnancy. Ultrasound images during pregnancy can begin to do in 8 weeks. At this time, we have seen the body and head and legs begin to form and handle, and from 11 to 16 weeks of pregnancy the fetus can be seen in its entirety.