If you have experienced pregnancy and it seems to go on forever, you must surely sympathise with an elephant. It is the animal with the longest gestation period of all living mammals – nearly two years! Just like humans, all animals go through huge bodily changes when...
What is an antral follicle count? This is something we look for when doing an ultrasound scan to check a woman’s fertility. It is a count of the number of little follicles on each ovary. These appear as little dark, roughly round areas about 2-9mm in size. Why...
Ultrasound began way back in the 1800’s, which is something many people don’t realise. However it wasn’t incorporated into pregnancy care and gynaecology until 1958. 3D ultrasound was developed in Tokyo in the 1980’s, with the first 3D images...
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