Extra Ultrasounds Offer A Peek, But Are They Safe?

Forbes:

Crystal Streit is a first-time mother two months into her pregnancy when her husband left for Iraq. The 25-year-old Milford woman wasn’t even showing yet at the beginning of Brian Streit’s Marine deployment.

But a budding, yet controversial, business sector that produces photos and videos of commercial fetal ultrasounds allowed the young father to see his daughter for the first time via the Internet, despite the thousands of miles that keep the couple separate.

“I was wanting him to see it more than anything. He said it made him very homesick,” she said.

“It’s not easy, because it’s like, I’m pregnant. It’s this huge thing in our life,” Streit said. “I get very lonely. I’m here with my mom, but it’s not the same. But it’s his job and I knew that when I married him, so this is something I could do for him.”

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