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Re: X-rays during early pregnancy...

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Mar 2000 05:16:55 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Casey wrote: >
>I am wondering about the effects of X-rays to first trimester babys... I
>hurt my back on the first day of the new year.. ended up in the
>hospital for it.. i told them it was possible that i was pregnant...
>but not likley... so they said they would do a preg test before
>x-raying my back. for some reason they bypassed the preg test and went
>ahead with the x-ray. and then that night i found out i was pregnant..
>i asked the doc about it she said i was gonna be fine and so would the
>baby because it was too early in my pregnancy to cause damage. she said
>that you have to be 6-8 weeks for any damage to be done... we thought i
>was only a few weeks at the time... well my ultra sound last week
>changed my due date so much that it seems the period i thought i had the
>first week of december was actually bleeding from the baby embedding
>into my uterus. Im concerned since i was in the 6-8 week window when
>they did direct x-rays over my lower abdomen... what Kind of problems
>could arise from this? should i be concerned? is or will the hospital be
>liable for any problems to my child? dont they have to run pregnancy
>tests before x-rays? there is not much literature on this subject that i
>have found.. and am greatly concerned with this issue....
>
>--
>Casey
>

Casey, If you had a standard front view and side view of the lower spine, it is not likely that the x-rays would cause any problem with the baby. That exposure is relatively minimal and within the acceptable exposure for a fetus.

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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