Preparations

Abdominal ultrasound

• Eat a fat free dinner the night before your appointment
• No dairy products or fried foods
• No carbonated drinks 12 hours before your appointment
• Nothing to eat or drink for 8 hours prior.
• DO NOT eat breakfast

Abdomen and pelvis ultrasound

• Eat a fat free dinner the night before your appointment
• No dairy products or fried foods
• Nothing to eat or drink for 8 hours prior.
• Drink 5 glasses (2 bottles) of water one hour before your appointment time
• DO NOT VOID – a full bladder is necessary for the examination

Pelvic ultrasound (transabdominal or with transvaginal component)

• Drink 5 glasses (2 bottles) of clear fluids one hour before your appointment time (water, juice, black coffee or black tea)
• DO NOT VOID – a full bladder is necessary for the examination
• No fasting necessary

Obstetric (pregnancy) ultrasound

Drink 5 glasses (2 bottles) of clear fluids one hour before your appointment time (water, juice, black coffee or black tea)

Nuchal translucency (NT) ultrasound

• Drink 3 glasses (or 1.5 small bottles) of clear fluids one hour before your appointment time (water, juice, black coffee or black tea)
• You must bring all the papers from your doctor (blood work, requisition, I.P.S. screening paper, etc) with you to your appointment, and let the receptionist know your having a Nuchal Translucency done.

Transrectal / prostate ultrasound

• Purchase a Fleet enema or similar product from the pharmacy.
• Use the enema at home about 2 hours before your appointment so the lower bowel is empty.
• Drink roughly 4–5 glasses of clear fluid one hour before your exam and arrive with a full bladder.
• Do not void until after your scan unless the technologist instructs you to.