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Re: to Julie: Why oh why do I need to drink 24oz. of water before a 32wk ultrasound???

From: sarah (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 May 2003 05:32:38 -0500 (CDT)

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I was told by my ob that they need you to drink a substantial amount of water before early scans, and also in later scans if they are going to do an assessment of the maternal kidneys. Perhaps this might have been the case with you? If not, then maybe it was just a mistake they made.

At Fri, 30 May 2003, Liz wrote: >
>I wasn't advocating anything, I was merely relaying what a number of my
>friends and family had been told. Very sorry!
>
>>>>>>>>Actually, my sister and all five of my friends who are pregnant were
>>>>told by their doctors (all different doctors from 4 different states) to
>>>>drink a moderate amount of caffeine before the ultrasound so they could
>>>>see the sex.
>>
>>>Actually, drinking caffeine can make it HARDER to see if the baby is moving around due to the stimulation of caffeine. I agree with the person who said drinking caffeine just to see the sex of the baby is WRONG! Any doctor who would advise this is completely unethical.

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