Use of the term "hamburger" by sonographers to describe baby girl "bits"

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ahhhhhpushit · 23/02/2012 12:31

I've heard this term reported by mothers so many terms that it must by the term sonographers aee taught at sonographer school.

Anybody else feel uncomfortable by it?

Imagine it being said about a baby's bits once she'd been born!

Is it just me?

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AitchTwoOhOneTwo · 23/02/2012 13:58

it's because of the shape, fgs. on the scan it looks like a hamburger if it's a girl.

InmaculadaConcepcion · 23/02/2012 13:57

Blergh. Why don't they just say "vulva"?

TBE · 23/02/2012 12:41

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pregnantpause · 23/02/2012 12:40

Its because of the shape on the scan! Not a derogaratory(sp?) term. It looks like three lines (ll) like that a bit, you can basically see the labia forming around the vulva. Boys bits are refered to as a 'leg' though theyre not all that well endowed!

OneHandFlapping · 23/02/2012 12:39

I find it strange that genitals are referred to as food. Particularly a baby's for some reason. However, is it any worse than "meat and two vedge", "plums" etc for male sex organs?

AMumInScotland · 23/02/2012 12:36

I thought the proper term was "kebab"

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