Guest guest Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Tina, A level 2 ultrasound is a " pointed " ultrasound conducted with a perinatologist. They do a more in-depth ultrasound (it's not 3-D or anything though) and will look specifically for clubfoot and will check a lot more things than a typical/routine ultrasound. I have had level 2 ultrasounds for my subsequent pregnancies since was born w/ clubfoot. The way they do it at my hospital is the normal ultrasound technician will come in and do all the regular scanning, then when he/she is done, they call in the perinatologist, who comes in and personally finishes the ultrasound, looking for the indicators in question. Congrats on your pregnancy! Hope this helps! & (3-16-00), left clubfoot also- brother Aidan (1-11-03- no clubfoot) and EDD #3 (4-14-05) (it's a girl- no clubfoot diagnosed so far via ultrasound) > > Hi ! I completely understand how you feel. When our son Ethan > was born in March we had no idea he was going to have clubfoot. It was > quite a shock!! Fortunately, we " fell " into the Ponseti method and now > he is a happy 9 month old with straight feet!! I am 16 weeks pregnant > with #3 and my OB is sending me to the hospital to have a level 2 > ultrasound (whatever that is!) on January 3rd so that we will know > whether this baby has it or not and I am pretty apprehensive about the > whole thing. It doesn't really matter to me if this baby has it or not > now that I have been through it already but I completely understand > your worries!! Hang in there!! > > Tina > Dylan 3-21-00 > Ethan 3-06-04 bcf s 15/7 > #3 EDD 5-25-05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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