Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Since there tend to be a lot of x-rays involved before and after surgery, this info may be useful to those who are pregnant and considering surgery. " CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Pregnant women who undergo dental X- rays may raise their risk of having low birth-weight babies, researchers have found.... " http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/04/28/xray.pregnancy.ap/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 That's a good recommendation, Neil. But they have a bigger problem ahead of them, too. My hospital insisted that I take a pregnancy test before they'd let me into the OR -- and I was 56, already through the menopause and had been taking hormones for a couple of years! If I'd been pregnant, I don't think I could have had the surgery until I had recovered from the delivery. Cammie > Since there tend to be a lot of x-rays involved before and after > surgery, this info may be useful to those who are pregnant and > considering surgery. > > " CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Pregnant women who undergo dental X- > rays may raise their risk of having low birth-weight babies, > researchers have found.... " > > http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/04/28/xray.pregnancy.ap/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 After reading a post before about someone getting a pregnancy test, I was expecting this and was told that I would have one. When I went to the hospital on Thursday to pre-register and had blood taken to match my donated blood and to do a blood count, the nurse told me that they would not do the pregnancy test that day. I will actually have to have blood drawn again on the morning of the surgery (next Wed) just for the pregnancy test! My surgeon said that it is definite NO to doing this surgery while pregnant, even though he has okayed me breastfeeding afterwards. Re: Pregnancy and x-rays That's a good recommendation, Neil. But they have a bigger problem ahead of them, too. My hospital insisted that I take a pregnancy test before they'd let me into the OR -- and I was 56, already through the menopause and had been taking hormones for a couple of years! If I'd been pregnant, I don't think I could have had the surgery until I had recovered from the delivery. Cammie > Since there tend to be a lot of x-rays involved before and after > surgery, this info may be useful to those who are pregnant and > considering surgery. > > " CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Pregnant women who undergo dental X- > rays may raise their risk of having low birth-weight babies, > researchers have found.... " > > http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/04/28/xray.pregnancy.ap/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 That's completely consistent with what they did with me. I checked into the hospital at 12:01 the morning of my surgery, and they drew blood for the pregnancy test between that time and the time I went down for the surgery. Cammie > After reading a post before about someone getting a pregnancy test, I was expecting this and was told that I would have one. When I went to the hospital on Thursday to pre-register and had blood taken to match my donated blood and to do a blood count, the nurse told me that they would not do the pregnancy test that day. I will actually have to have blood drawn again on the morning of the surgery (next Wed) just for the pregnancy test! > > My surgeon said that it is definite NO to doing this surgery while pregnant, even though he has okayed me breastfeeding afterwards. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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