Despite multiple FDA warnings against the use of non-medical ultrasounds, pregnant women continue to visit commercial businesses offering the scans in order to get 3-D images of their babies as a keepsake.

Three-dimensional ultrasound images of unborn babies have gotten so high quality that they’re encouraging a practice the FDA has been warning against for years. 

Women are spending hundreds of dollars for “keepsake” ultrasounds, which are non-medical scans done to get fetal pictures and video as mementos. 

The number of commercial businesses offering these 3-D images purely for recreational purposes has grown, along with online vendors who are offering to turn them into things like pillows or cake toppers.

This trend continues despite repeated FDA warnings that ultrasound devices should be used by trained medical