How bad is radiography during early pregnancy?

I did a chest radiography and i didn't know that I was pregnant.How bad it can be to my baby?

Children in utero are at a few times higher risk for radiation induced cancer as well as at risk for birth defects. Hence women of child bearing age should be screened for the possibility of pregnancy. Pregnant patients should not have an exam that can be postponed if it will directly expose the fetus, especially in the first trimester after implantation of the embryo in the uterine wall. Nevertheless, doses of more than 50 mSv to the fetus are almost unheard of for diagnostic procedures. Below this dose therapeutic abortion on the grounds of congenital abnormality is not advised and cancer risk is low (recall it's the workplace limit for adults).

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