Comments on: GE Portable Ultrasound Puts Prenatal Babies in Your Hand http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/10/22/ge-portable-ultrasound-puts-prenatal-babies-in-your-hand/ Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/10/22/ge-portable-ultrasound-puts-prenatal-babies-in-your-hand/#comment-2806 Sarah Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:40:22 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=67052#comment-2806 I agree. Thank you ladies for your comments. I agree. Thank you ladies for your comments.

]]> By: Just Me http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/10/22/ge-portable-ultrasound-puts-prenatal-babies-in-your-hand/#comment-2801 Just Me Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:46:13 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=67052#comment-2801 I have 3 children, and have NEVER had an ultrasound. My pregnancies were perfectly normal and there was never a need. You can have a healthy baby without ultrasound scans. They are NOT necessary, but, in my opinion, have become a novelty that has never been proven as safe. Like the commenters above, it is my hope that these devices will be limited to use by medical professionals. I have 3 children, and have NEVER had an ultrasound. My pregnancies were perfectly normal and there was never a need. You can have a healthy baby without ultrasound scans. They are NOT necessary, but, in my opinion, have become a novelty that has never been proven as safe. Like the commenters above, it is my hope that these devices will be limited to use by medical professionals.

]]> By: Blue http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/10/22/ge-portable-ultrasound-puts-prenatal-babies-in-your-hand/#comment-2794 Blue Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:25:39 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=67052#comment-2794 Oh goody, another device to bombard fetuses with sound waves. Like home dopplers aren't bad enough. Laura said it better than I could have. I desperately hope these will only be available to medical professionals(including midwives), will require training for use & will come with some major warnings Oh goody, another device to bombard fetuses with sound waves. Like home dopplers aren’t bad enough.

Laura said it better than I could have. I desperately hope these will only be available to medical professionals(including midwives), will require training for use & will come with some major warnings

]]> By: Laura M. Perez http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/10/22/ge-portable-ultrasound-puts-prenatal-babies-in-your-hand/#comment-2783 Laura M. Perez Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:04:07 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=67052#comment-2783 Ultrasounds are not an inevitability in pregnancy. No woman is mandated to have one in her pregnancy, despite what incomplete or misinformation she may have been given by peers or obstetricians. Unfortunately, there are to date no long term studies showing the safety of routine use of ultrasound technology. Unless it is medically indicated (pregnancy alone not being a medical indication), having an ultrasound is not necessary. People who are not trained in the use of ultrasound technology should not have personal and routine access to it (Sorry Mr. Cruise). I hope this new GE gadget will not be marketed directly to the general public as it will perpetuate the safety myth of routine ultrasound use. Ultrasounds are not an inevitability in pregnancy. No woman is mandated to have one in her pregnancy, despite what incomplete or misinformation she may have been given by peers or obstetricians. Unfortunately, there are to date no long term studies showing the safety of routine use of ultrasound technology. Unless it is medically indicated (pregnancy alone not being a medical indication), having an ultrasound is not necessary. People who are not trained in the use of ultrasound technology should not have personal and routine access to it (Sorry Mr. Cruise). I hope this new GE gadget will not be marketed directly to the general public as it will perpetuate the safety myth of routine ultrasound use.

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