article_snippet: Ultrasounds are used to help doctors determine the health, size, and age of the child and can detect birth defects.
article_snippet: While there is no proof that ultrasounds are harmful to the baby, 3-D images of a mother's unborn child may bring her delight heats the baby's tissues slightly and can also cause small bubbles in tissue. '
article_snippet: Although there is a lack of evidence of any harm due to ultrasound imaging and heartbeat monitors, prudent use of these devices by trained health care providers is important,' says Shahram Vaezy, Ph.D., an the FDA biomedical engineer in the update. '
article_snippet: Ultrasound can heat tissues slightly, and in some cases, Ultrasound can also produce very small bubbles (cavitation) in some tissues,' she adds.
highlights_snippet: While there is no proof that ultrasounds are harmful to the baby,
highlights_snippet: no proof that ultrasounds are harmful to the baby heats the baby's tissues slightly and can also cause small bubbles in tissue .
  
highlights_snippet: Ultrasounds  help doctors determine the health, size, and age of the child and can detect birth defects and shouldn't be used for emotional reasons .