Antenatal and Obstetric Ultrasound Scans

Baby Scan is an Ultrasound scan and it is a very commonly performed investigation in pregnancy. It is the obstetrician’s eye and hands to examine the unborn baby. The baby scan may be performed for a variety of reasons. This ranges from a dating baby scan in early pregnancy to scan the baby at term for presentation and fetal monitoring. This baby scan can also diagnose bleeding in early pregnancy or placenta praevia and vasa praevia in the third trimester - i.e. later on in pregnancy. The new 3D and 4D baby scan is very popular these days and they are a major advance in obstetric ultrasound baby scanning where the baby is seen inside the womb smiling, frowning or even yawning.