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Phone: 623-846-7558 | Fax: 623-846-1674
Main Office: 9930 W. Indian School Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85037

Pregnancy Ultrasound

Ultrasounds are commonly performed to confirm the health of your pregnancy, the number of babies and your due date. If you are less than 14 weeks pregnant a vaginal ultrasound will help us get the best information. Women greater than 14 weeks will have an ultrasound through the abdomen.

If you choose to obtain the first trimester screening test for Down's syndrome, you will have another ultrasound between 12 and 13 weeks.

At 18-20 weeks another ultrasound is done to more thoroughly evaluate your pregnancy. This ultrasound will confirm you due date, locate the placenta, measure the fluid in the uterus and survey the baby. Most of the time the sonographer can determine the sex of the baby at this visit. An ultrasound, even when reassuring, cannot find all birth defects in babies.

Additional ultrasounds are performed in the last 20 weeks in your pregnancy when your doctor deems it to be medically necessary. For example, women with high blood pressure, diabetes and twins will have more ultrasound during their pregnancy.

Your belly button piercing must be removed before the ultrasound.

Unfortunately, your ultrasound cannot be filmed or recorded, but photos of your baby are usually available for you to take home.

Two Western Phoenix Offices

Estrella Women's Health Center serves patients in our two convenient offices located in Phoenix and Goodyear. We provide hospital care at Banner Estrella Medical Center and Abrazo West Campus.

 

 

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Estrella Women's Health Center is part of Arizona OBGYN Affiliates (AOA), an integrated family of OBGYN physicians. AOA gives a voice to women's healthcare providers and their patients, ensuring positive outcomes for both. By working together, AOA establishes strength and authority as a major force in Arizona healthcare.

Thanks to AOA, women have better access to quality care; providers have the ability to receive fair compensation; and insurance providers have peace of mind in knowing that the physicians within AOA meet the highest level of clinical, technical and ethical standards in healthcare.