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Is Not Finding The Cervix With Presence Of Shadow In Ultrasound Concerning?
Hello, My daughter in law had her first pregnancy ultrasound today. She is 11 weeks and baby looked good. However they couldn t find her cervix at first and kept talking about a shadow.Finally another tech came in had my daughter in law empty her bladder then they saw it measured it and told her to call her Dr What could this be?.
Sat, 19 Dec 2015
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I have gone through your complaints.
Dont worry by hearing discussions of sonographers while scanning.
Urine bag should be full to see cervix clearly.if it is partial bowel wil form a shadow obscuring its visualisation.cervix is seen to assess is there any chance of midterm miscarriage.
I have gone through your complaints.
Dont worry by hearing discussions of sonographers while scanning.
Urine bag should be full to see cervix clearly.if it is partial bowel wil form a shadow obscuring its visualisation.cervix is seen to assess is there any chance of midterm miscarriage.
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