What Ultrasound Techs See in Pregnancy: Miscarriage, Stillbirth & Medical Red Flags
About this episode
This episode explores the emotional experiences of ultrasound techs during pregnancy loss and the insights they wish to share with patients.
What really happens in the ultrasound room during a miscarriage or pregnancy loss? And what are ultrasound techs or sonographers are seeing, feeling, and holding that they’re often not allowed to say out loud? In this deeply emotional and eye-opening episode of Cry It Out Loud , we sit down with Natalie Avni, a social media influencer and ultrasound technologist, to talk about a perspective that is rarely shared the experience of witnessing pregnancy loss from the other side of the screen. For many families, the ultrasound room is where hope lives…but it can also be where everything changes. In this conversation, we go beyond the clinical and into the human experience of what it’s like for sonographers to walk into rooms where joy, fear, and grief collide, and how they navigate moments that stay with them long after the appointment ends. In this episode, we discuss: What ultrasound techs see during miscarriage and pregnancy loss Why sonographers sometimes go quiet — and what that silence can mean What they are allowed to say vs. not allowed to say during scans The emotional toll of witnessing loss repeatedly as a healthcare provider How ultrasound techs are trained to respond in…
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