title: [Women reactions to ultrasound scanning during pregnancy (author's transl)].
abstract: The aim of this survey is to study the reactions of pregnant women to ultrasound examination when used systematically during pregnancy. 54 women have been observed during their first ultrasound examination and their attitude and verbal reactions recorded. In this situation women express not only feelings of relief and pleasure but fears and anxiety. This ambiguousness and the complexity of the reactions observed may be understood when taking into account the woman's situation during the examination and the quality of the relationship between her and the physician. The significance and the consequences for the pregnant woman of the confrontation of the "real" child as shown on the screen, and the child of her fantasies, has also to be pointed out.
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety; D001290:Attitude; D004644:Emotions; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Réactions des femmes à l'échographie obstétricale.