Should your baby photographed?

Parents are warned to think carefully about the risks that may be encountered when collecting fetal photos as a memory of the baby's stage in the mother's womb.

Potential risk: Taking pictures will make the ultrasound "shoot" straight into the fetus' head

Concerns

The latest survey in the UK shows: expectant mothers tend to take pictures of their babies or record fetal movement to a CD or DVD. With 3D ultrasound (3-dimensional) technology, proponents argue that they have produced vivid images of stillborn babies while 4-dimensional ultrasound helps to observe fetal movements. at the time of examination.

The independent advisory group of the Health Protection Organization (HPA) said: 'There are some concerns about monitoring fetal growth through ultrasound machines' . This concern is that ultrasound will directly affect the fetal head when taking photos and recording operations. Some studies show the relevance of ultrasound to the left-handed rate in boys.

Professor Anthony Swerdlow, chairman of the advisory group, said: 'Ultrasound has been widely used in medicine for 50 years and there is no evidence that there are any special risks due to heavy use. However, when the trend of using ultrasound in medical science is increasing, especially for commercial purposes - storing images and videos, there is no confirmation of ultrasound. will have a positive impact on the nervous system of the fetus, specific studies are needed to find out the long-term effects of ultrasound on children '.

A previous report published in the British Journal of Medicine showed that some human health-related units were 'conservative' about the fetal 'transient' ultrasound. They are the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the American Ultrasonic Institute and the French Institute of Medicine. According to the FDA, although there is no evidence that the impact of ultrasound is not good for the fetus but health experts, doctors agree that regular exposure to ultrasound, solid Especially during pregnancy is completely avoided.

Periodic ultrasound is safe

Despite these concerns, 'Pregnant women should not hesitate to go for routine pregnancy screening ultrasound. Ultrasound is necessary and safe, ' according to the HPA independent advisory group.

Because studies have shown that there is no evidence that an ultrasound diagnosis can affect the infant's mortality rate in the womb or just after birth.

There is no evidence that the risk of congenital cancer is due to ultrasound.

However, advisers also affirmed: 'More research is needed to know exactly whether it will cause long-term negative effects'.