It is our policy that if a patient thinks that she is pregnant, then she must have a negative pregnancy test done or wait until her next menstrual period before being scanned. In some rare instances, it is possible to be scanned in the first trimester if your referring physician and our radiologist both feel that an MRI is the test of choice. Although there are no known side effects of MRI, we do not recommend MRI scanning in the first trimester of pregnancy, as the fetus is growing rapidly during this period. There is less concern during the second and third trimester of pregnancy.
If you are breast-feeding, and you will have a MRI scan without contrast, then you are completely free to have your scan. if you know that you will have a contrast injection as part of the study, then you should prepare to bottle-feed your baby for 48 hours after the test is complete. The contrast agent will pass through your body after 48 hours, and you may then resume breast-feeding.
If you are breast-feeding, and you will have a MRI scan without contrast, then you are completely free to have your scan. if you know that you will have a contrast injection as part of the study, then you should prepare to bottle-feed your baby for 48 hours after the test is complete. The contrast agent will pass through your body after 48 hours, and you may then resume breast-feeding.
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