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Seeing the baby: The impact of ultrasound technology
Author(s) -
Beck Black Rita
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of genetic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1573-3599
pISSN - 1059-7700
DOI - 10.1007/bf00960084
Subject(s) - miscarriage , medicine , pregnancy , ultrasound , obstetrics , coping (psychology) , second trimester , fetus , prenatal diagnosis , public health , abortion , prenatal ultrasound , gynecology , nursing , radiology , psychiatry , genetics , biology
This paper reports results of a study of prenatal diagnosis patients who underwent ultrasound examinations and lost their pregnancies through miscarriage or elective terminations. The majority of the women felt that viewing the ultrasound image influenced their relationship to the fetus and their coping with the pregnancy loss. The women commented on the power of ultrasound to make their pregnancies more real as well as the painful yet sometimes beneficial consequences of seeing the fetus. Clinical implications are considered for health professionals who provide prenatal diagnostic services or counseling after pregnancy loss .