Oh, your baby has  an undescended testicle.  He’s going to need surgery after he’s born.” –  OB to mother during ultrasound. The baby turned out completely fine.

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Woman looking at ultrasound screen during the scan: “Oh, look, it’s a complex cyst.”

Ultrasound Tech: “How do you know that?”

Woman: “I’ve had so many of these, I can practically read them myself.”

Tech immediately turns screen so the woman cannot see it.

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“Let’s do a cervical exam to make sure you’re pregnant.” – Certified Nurse Midwife to pregnant woman, after a dating ultrasound showed a viable 12 week fetus.

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“It wouldn’t show anything anyway.” – Nurse practitioner denying a sonogram to a mother whose tests indicated that she was experiencing a miscarriage.

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“We wouldn’t see anything anyway, maybe just a sac and some tissue. It isn’t like you would be able to see the heart beating or anything.”  - Nurse practitioner denying an ultrasound to a mother who had been told her baby had already died by her family physician.

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“Those poor goats don’t even get epidurals!” – OB Nurse to mother who was upset at the prospect of a transvaginal ultrasound that she wasn’t expecting.  The nurse made this comment after learning that the mother and her family raised goats.

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“Did you even want her?” – Ultrasound tech to mother who just learned that her 29 week baby had passed away and was crying and upset.

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“Your baby is measuring small.” – OB to mother, immediately after the OB had changed the due date to a date two weeks earlier, without any measurements or ultrasound information.

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“Pictures!” – Maternal Fetal Specialist, quickly printing and throwing a handful of ultrasound images at the mother before leaving the room in the middle of conducting an ultrasound scan.

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“You are measuring 3 cm too small! We need to get you in for a growth check ultrasound immediately!” – OB to mother during a prenatal, after the mother insisted the dating was inaccurate due to her cycles not being 28 days.

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