The exams are not painful. The gel on contact with the probe is a little cold but the sensation is transient.

Toys are at your disposal. Do not hesitate to bring a dummy or the child’s wubby.
Most exams do not require a specific preparation except for:

• Abdominal ultrasounds from the age of 6: do not eat or drink 4 hours before the exam.
• Abdominal ultrasound between the age of 3 and 6: avoid eating just before the exam.
• Abdominal-pelvic ultrasound: do not empty the bladder before the exam.
• Digestive ultrasound: avoid eating 2 hours before the exam.
• Pelvic ultrasound of the older child and the adolescent: come with a rather full bladder, that is to say, do not go to the toilet to empty the bladder before the exam and drink a small bottle of water before coming, that is, about half an hour before.
• Renal ultrasound: no specific preparation but do not empty the bladder before the exam.

• Hip ultrasound: no specific preparation but do not empty the bladder before the exam.
• Medular ultrasound: no specific preparation but do not empty the bladder before the exam.
• Transfontanel ultrasound: no specific preparation but do not empty the bladder before the exam.
• Ultrasound of soft areas: no specific preparation but do not empty the bladder before the exam.

Ultrasound following a prenatal diagnosis: if the ultrasound is required further to an abnormality detected during the pregnancy ultrasound: please bring us back your pregnancy ultrasound results.

Medular ultrasound is done before the age of 2 months at the very latest.

Hip ultrasound of the newborn child is done at the of age 3 weeks / one month.

If the child was born prematurely, the exam has to be delayed of the equivalent time.

Do not hesitate to contact us for further information.