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Originally Posted by elemtchr99  That is so cool!!! Don't breed and have never seen an x-ray of furbabies in the womb. It's always amazed me though how dogs can have x-rays when pregnant but humans are advised against it. Why don't they do sonograms on them?
Good luck and can't wait for pictures. |
Dogs can have ultrasounds. It's 'excessive' exposure to x-rays in all creatures (with fur and without) that is to be avoided. Humans can be x-rayed while pg (particularly late pregnancy) it's just humans generally 'need' x-rays more than dogs over the course of their life, thus limiting x-ray exposure in humans to only necessary times helps assure less negative results as a result of x-ray exposure, thus the ultrasound for humans.
20 years ago ultrasounds in humans were considered highly dangerous and were only performed when absolutely necessary now they do them willy nilly. Procedures progress/change over time and their opinions of negative/positive results. Guess we'll really know the outcome of excessive ultrasounds in another generation.
Anyway, like all things one must always weigh the risks -vs- the benefits. In this case, knowing exactly how many puppies she is expecting is more beneficial than the risk of not knowing. She can't tell me there's a problem. Humans can tell the doctor after delivering... "hey, hang on, there's one more in there, something seems wrong, etc" lol