“…Ultrasonography has become a key tool in the medical surveillance and management of pregnancy in the UK. Researchers have explored the social, cultural, and political implications of ultrasound and how the coupling of human and machine changes the relationship between expectant parents, particularly mothers, and the foetus (Mitchell 2001, Mitchell and Georges 1997, Roberts 2012a, 2012b, Roberts et al 2015a, 2015b, Sandelowski 1994, Taylor 1998, Thomas 2015, 2017. Ultrasound has a number of clinical uses in prenatal care as well as 'psychological benefits' (Taylor 2008), with reassurance being widely recognised as one such benefit.…”