Scans

Hey everyone, I'm 35wks and I wa just wondering how many scans on average your ment to have within this amount of time as I have only had one and that was at 19wks. I've asked my midwife and she said there is no need for anymore unless she becomes worried about my lil ones growth or positioning.

Any Help Please

Totally depends on how things are going.

With my first I was having scan every second day from 37 weeks (till 39 when I had him) as I had pre eclampsia). I also had 2 antomy scans as he had a funny looking heart (ended up being fine) and I had to have a dating scan (as there is a family history of twins).
My second I had a dating scan at 8 weeks (had no idea how far along I was), 2 antomy scans as Josh didn't want to show his back to the person doing the scan. then once I hit 37 weeks I was getting scanned every 3-4 days as I had pre eclapmsia again.

yeah, i had two scans but the second was only cos i was admitted with gastroentiritis and i bugged them so much to do a scan that they relented

#1 I had 2 (one at 12 weeks UK , and one at 22 weeks here)
#2 I had 2 (one at 16 weeks - they thought she had died and one at 20 weeks)
#3 I had 6 (one at 20 weeks, one at 29 weeks - we paid for this one ourselves as wanted a 3d scan, then 35 weeks - growth scan, 37 weeks when they tried to turn him -breeched, 38 weeks when we went to book in for ceasar checking if still breeched and final one 39 weeks on the day to see what postion he was in) phew....

But if there was nothing wrong I think they only do the 20 week scan and some get dating scans. (oh and some get 12week scan but not here in the naki)

if you have freaky body bits like me or have the baby who refuses to go head down then youd have about twenty like me....but i think your one sounds about normal!

You do usually have a few lots of bloods done, my iron is pretty low and I now have to have iron jabs.

You should have some swabs soon for strep B.

I had 3 with James the first at about 6 weeks as they thought I might be having an ectopic pregnancy then the 12 week one and the 20 week one.

busymum wrote: And now they just monkey about on the outside, ay Emma?

Yup!

I had 3 scans with Kahtrell. #1 @ 12 weeks for a dating scan, #2 @ 19 weeks - anatomy scan (oh and told i was having a girl!) and #3 @ 38 weeks- growth scan so see how big he was, as i had borderline gestational diabetes and they wanted to check his size(all was fine though, he was just a big baby genetically) and that was when i found out baby could actually be a boy! and then I was induced a week later.

I had 7 scans - a dating scan at 9 weeks, nuchal translucency scan at 12 weeks, anatomy scan at 19 weeks, and then as part of a study I took part in I had another scan at 21 weeks, one at 28 weeks, one at 35 weeks and then one two days before he was born as I was overdue and they needed to check fluid levels (which were very low and led to me being induced that day).