i am not sure if i am pregnant, but i had to get an xray ...

Hello,

What type of x-ray was it? Were you covered with the lead shield?


Have you performed a pregnancy test?

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no i wasnt wearing a shield, I actually got one of my hip and the other for my back

How late is your period?

You don't really need to do anything. The risk to your baby from radiation is so small that most doctors would treat your pregnancy just like any other pregnancy. If you're really worried about your baby's risk, a radiation physicist can figure out exactly how much radiation your baby has been exposed to. Usually, an unborn baby shouldn't be exposed to more than 5 rad. Because most x-rays cause much less radiation than this, talk with your doctor to see if it will even help to find out the exact number of rads your baby was exposed to.

Edited by Two_Westies on October 8 2006 at 11:25am

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a day or 2

Scroll up to read what I wrote.

I would suggest that you do not worry and take a pregnancy test.


According to the American College of Radiology, no single diagnostic x-ray has a radiation dose significant enough to cause adverse affects in a developing embryo or fetus.

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