A member asked:

I am 12 weeks and ultrasound tech didn't locate kidneys?

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

12 weeks: 12 weeks is still early for a formal anatomic scan, so this isn't necessarily cause for alarm. In a general OB office the techs' skills with early ultrasound also vary alot. At 15-16 weeks in a perinatal specialty office, not seeing kidneys is very serious.

Answered 6/10/2014

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