How many times during pregnancy should you do ultrasound

At 8 weeks, I lost my baby. No bleeding. No other symptoms. The kid just stopped developing. This happens all the time, but another fact is more alarming: the frozen fruit was in me for six more weeks before I got on a planned ultrasound, when it became clear that the pregnancy was frozen. Probably, it is not necessary to tell my condition in the next pregnancy. I was ready to run on ultrasound every week. Only in the first trimester I was made four times: one, when I only found out about the pregnancy, twice in the hospital, where I was keeping for the slightest pulling pains, again - to calm me down. In general, right up to the first movements I lived from research to research.Photo:GettyImages— I have practically stopped sleeping, — complains a friend who could not get pregnant for many years. — All the time it seems: something is wrong. I will calm down only if I see with my own eyes: the baby is fine. I understand her perfectly. Probably, from a human point of view, doctors understand too. But from a professional point of view, they categorically do not support such a position. Moreover, they say: the era of "ultrasound mania" has arrived, on which unscrupulous commercial clinics make big money. Note that three planned ultrasound screenings - one for each trimester - are done only in Russia. British and American doctors are guided by rules prescribing only two mandatory diagnostics: at 12 weeks, when chromosomal pathologies are detected, and at 20, when they look for developmental defects. But this is not enough for suspicious mothers. Either the pregnant brain works this way, or many have gone through a situation similar to mine. In general, it is a fact - a study conducted in England showed that every third mother is ready to pay for additional private ultrasounds. The survey was conducted by the portal ChannelMum.com. Of the two thousand pregnant women surveyed, every third was ready to pay for an additional ultrasound out of concern for their baby. Another third admitted that their anxiety was not based on any medical indications. Moreover, every fifth is ready to spend money on two additional examinations, 18 percent - on three or more. And some even admitted that they ran to scan 9-10 times during pregnancy - every month! Well, there is money and let them be examined, why are they bothering them - many might be surprised. But experts do not think so. They adhere to the position that everything is good in moderation. - Excessive intensity of radio waves can be dangerous for the fetus, - DailyMail quotes the experts' opinion. - And obstetricians must be sure to warn expectant mothers about this. But why warn if you can make good money on it? An ultrasound package in private British clinics costs from 35 to 1000 pounds. In Russia – from 2500 to 5000 rubles. And if you also buy a discount coupon on a site like Groupon… some private clinics do the examination longer than the recommended thirty minutes, while others even use unregistered medical equipment that is unable to make an accurate diagnosis and can miss obvious problems. “Existing recommendations for ultrasound diagnostics are based on many years of research and take into account all the benefits and risks,” says Mervi Jokinen, head of professional practice at the Royal College of Midwives in the UK. “Any further screening should be carried out according to clinical indications, taking into account the needs of the woman and her developing baby.