Women's Health Blog

I graduated from the Sonography program at NWTC in 2011, and have been lucky enough to work in OB/GYN my whole career thus far! As I was finishing up high school I knew I wanted to go into the medical field, but had no clue as to what area I was interested in. After...

I have always been passionate about people, culture, and women’s studies. I got my Bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University, majoring in Anthropology with a minor in Women’s Studies. After my undergrad, I moved to Florida and ended up in the banking...

I went into ultrasound school right out of high school, while also working at a group home with individuals with disabilities. I learned that I loved the medical field while also realizing that I did not want to go into nursing. Ultrasound ended up being the perfect...

I knew I wanted to work in healthcare all through high school. I had been thinking of going into imaging, and job shadowed in general ultrasound (more of the abdominal and vascular areas of the body) to see what it was all about. I loved that as an ultrasound tech,...

When I was in high school, I remember a classmate telling me she wanted to be an ultrasound tech. Back then I thought it sounded cool, but I didn’t know much about it. At that point, I was already planning to go to UW-Stevens Point to major in biology. I didn’t know...

MY ULTRASOUND CAREER I knew that I wanted to work in healthcare for most of my high school years.  I initially chose Radiologic Technology and completed my 2-year degree.  I continued right into Ultrasound because I felt that I wanted more of a connection with my...

\Megan Ramsey’s Common Questions about OB Ultrasounds blog 1: What is an ultrasound? During an ultrasound, an image is made by sending very high-frequency sound waves into a person’s body. Those sound waves bounce off your tissues and echo back. Those sound waves are...