During your pregnancy, you will be offered a number of ultrasounds that you can make use of. Our practice has its own ultrasound equipment.

Depending on your wishes and medical history, you can make an appointment for an ultrasound at the Bakermat to see if the baby’s heart is beating. To see the baby’s heart, you must be at least 8 weeks pregnant.
The term ultrasound, around 10-12 weeks is offered to every pregnant woman. With this ultrasound, we can see how far along you are, whether there is a beating heart, whether there is a singleton or multiple pregnancy and what your due date will be.

You can use the 13-week ultrasound at the beginning of your pregnancy and the 20-week ultrasound around 20 weeks. These ultrasounds are meant to detect physical abnormalities of the baby. Read more about this under the heading ‘prenatal screening‘.

Around 35 to 37 weeks of pregnancy, we check the baby’s position with a positioning ultrasound. Usually this is a head position, but in a small number of babies (3-4%) the baby is in a breech position. Another possibility is that the child is transverse, which is rare.

Growth ultrasounds are only performed in our practice on medical grounds. Initially, we closely monitor the baby’s growth with external examinations. If additional monitoring is needed, the ultrasound will measure the head, belly size and leg length. We also check the amount of amniotic fluid and the condition of the placenta. All measurements together give an additional estimate about the child’s growth.

Do you need an extra ultrasound in addition to the medical ultrasounds we offer? Then check out the web for a ‘pret echo’ (ultrasound for fun) in our region