ARE ULTRASOUNDS ALWAYS ACCURATE?
ARE ULTRASOUNDS ALWAYS ACCURATE?
The simple answer to the question is NO
Routine ultrasound scans are performed at certain stages in pregnancy for a reason: because they give the most revealing or accurate results in the time frame during which they are carried out.
However, this doesn’t mean all issues will be spotted or that others won’t arise in your pregnancy that haven’t been picked up by a scan.
Scans are carried out by humans and therefore even the best equipment in the world still has to factor in a margin for error.
And even though they spend as much time as needed carrying out all the required observations and measurements, even the most skilled sonographer might be challenged by a baby that’s facing the wrong way or who won’t stop wriggling.