Week 9: Forum/Discussion Board

 
 
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Re: Fetal Skeleton
by Leah Borries - Thursday, 4 March 2021, 7:08 PM
 

Great job moderating this week! One thing techs always ask, and that I've started doing when I'm talking to a patient, is "Do you know what you're having?"

Just because we need to know if they don't know and want to keep it a surprise. Most of the time they already know because of the blood test, but sometimes they don't want to know so it's important to refrain from using pronouns.

 

 

So far I've only seen singletons, but I'm excited to see multiples! 

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Re: Fetal Skeleton
by Chrishawna Porter - Friday, 5 March 2021, 5:45 PM
 

Hi Leah,

I think this a great question to ask and from what I've seen so far it seems the majority of patients already know the gender from prior lab tests, but want to "double check" with a sonogram. I don't think patients realize the lab tests are much more accurate than ultrasound, but I do think it adds peace of mind when both results match!

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