At the end of the exam I took another look:
The placenta was completely away from the cervix and the patient avoided a transvaginal exam. It's always good to get another look after 10-15 minutes to see if the patient was just having a contraction.
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- Rebecca Sams Willis, RDMS
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Lower uterine contraction
Ob scan today, patient is 20 weeks. We always do a transabdominal cervical length at this exam. When I first looked at the cervix, the patient appeared to have placenta previa and I was thinking I'd do a transvaginal at the end of the anatomy scan to confirm it. Here is the first image:
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