I didn t know I was pregnant. I had upper abdominal/bowel symptoms that prompted my doc to do an XRAY and CT Scan of abdomen/pelvis. He did a urine pregnancy test the day of the x ray and 5 days before CT Scan. He said the test was negative. Since, I have found out I was approximately 3 weeks pregnant at time of xray and 4 weeks pregnant at time of CT scan. My ob/gyn said I shouldn t be concerned, but I can hardly believe that. What are the chances that my baby will be damaged by the tests?
Hi there,Since you were 3- 4 weeks pregnant when your tests were done, and if at all these tests have resulted in damage to the fetus it will result in miscarriage. This early in development of fetus if any harmful radiation or Chat Doctor. The risk of fetal defect is when the exposure to these external factors is after 6 weeks; here though the fetus survives there is structure or functional defect of a particular organ, and it causes lifelong problems. But, this early in pregnancy the \"All or none\" phenomenon prevails. That is if the fetus survives the hazard it will be healthy and if affected it will abort. So please do not stress yourself further and let nature take its course. Hope this helps. Regards.