The psychological impact of 3D US on maternal attachment

Purpose: The obstetricians have to perform ultrasonographic examinations (US) and explain the findings to patient as a daily work. However, the obstetricians extend interests in high-risk pregnancies and perform US without offering maternal viewing, since, by two-dimensional ultrasonography, the patient can not easily recognize fetal figure. In recent years, the three-dimensional ultrasonography (3D US) remarkably developed. Using the 3D US, the figure of the fetus is easily recognized by the mother. In the present study, maternal attachment to their fetus over the course of the pregnancy were studied in relatio…