Avoid Fetal Keepsake Images, Heartbeat Monitors

Avoid Fetal Keepsake Images, Heartbeat Monitors

 "Although there are no known risks of ultrasound imaging and heartbeat
monitors, the radiation associated with them can produce effects on the
body," says Robert Phillips, Ph.D., a physicist with FDA's Center for
Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). "When ultrasound enters the
body, it heats the tissues slightly. In some cases, it can also produce
small pockets of gas in body fluids or tissues."