Prenatal Ultrasound Specialist in Chula Vista

Fetal Ultrasounds

Fetal ultrasound provides you and your OBGYN with a first glimpse of your developing baby.

If you haverecently become pregnant, contact Kamali OBGYN to schedule your prenatal visit and your fetal ultrasound. Kamali OBGYN offers ultrasounds for fetal testing and monitoring during your pregancy. To schedule a consultation at our OBGYN office in Chula Vista, CA, please call (619) 271-2700 or request an appointment online.

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Types of Ultrasounds

• Standard – directs high-pitched sounds waves toward the baby, which bounces off tissues, organs and bones in the mother’s body, including those of the baby in uterus. This creates black and white images on a monitor.
• Advanced or Targeted – used to further investigate a suspected abnormality identified by a standard ultrasound.
• Three-dimensional (3-D) – offers 3-D images with a high level of detail
• Four-dimensional (4-D) – offers 3-D images in real time.
• Doppler – measures slight changes in the frequency of the ultrasound waves as they bounce off moving objects, such as blood cells.

How To Prepare

• Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing.
• Most likely the test needs to be done with a full bladder.
• For transvaginal ultrasound or those in late pregnancy, a full bladder usually isn’t necessary.

What To Expect

• The examination usually takes less than 30 minutes.
• The patient is usually positioned on an examination table and clear gel is applied to the abdomen. This improves conduction of sound waves and eliminates air between the transducer, a small plastic device that sends out sound waves and records them as they bounce back, and your skin.
• The transducer moves back and forth over the abdomen, directing sound waves into the uterus and capturing the reflected sounds waves that are digitally converted into images.