# of ultrasounds--question
 

I'm 35 weeks pregnant and have only had 2 ultrasounds. The first was
at 10 weeks and the second at 18 weeks. I've been asking my OB about
another, but she won't request one unless she feels it medically
necessary.

My question is, how many ultrasounds have you had, and when (# of
weeks) did you have them?

Thanks,
Anna
EDD #1 October 18, 2003

# of ultrasounds--question
 

On 13 Sep 2003 15:28:45 -0700, (annafine) wrote:

My question is, how many ultrasounds have you had, and when (# of
weeks) did you have them?

With #1, I had 5. I had an early u/s. Then I had one around 20
weeks, and they found something unusual. Had another one a week
later, and everything was okay. Then I had one at 26ish weeks when it
was thought that I might be in pre-term labor (I wasn't). Then I had
one at 36ish week when I developed severe pre-eclampsia, and they were
getting me ready for my c-section.

With #2, so far... I am 23 weeks. I had an early u/s. Then I had one
at about 17 weeks because my doctor having the wrong EDD. Then
another one at 19 weeks. So 3 so far....

For some reason my brain isn't working about exactly when I had them
with #1, but the weeks are close.

--
Daye
Momma to Jayan
"Boy" EDD 11 Jan 2004
See Jayan: http://jayan.topcities.com/

# of ultrasounds--question
 

"annafine" wrote in message
I'm 35 weeks pregnant and have only had 2 ultrasounds. The first was
at 10 weeks and the second at 18 weeks. I've been asking my OB about
another, but she won't request one unless she feels it medically
necessary.

My question is, how many ultrasounds have you had, and when (# of
weeks) did you have them?

I had one at 7 weeks because I was having some spotting and also to check my
dates on the pregnancy. Then, I had a routine "anomaly" scan at 21 weeks.
Neither one was particularly necessary (they were really both for peace of
mind mostly and also because we wanted to know the baby's sex). When I am
pregnant again, I do not anticipate having any. (DH still wants to have a 20
week scan with any future pregnancies though, so we will have to discuss &
decide further when the time comes :-)

Why do you feel like you want to have another? Usually they don't do any
more at this point unless they want to check something specific about the
baby--fluid level, size (which is usually fairly inaccurate), placental
position, baby's position, etc.

--
Em
edd 9/23/03
(38w4d)

# of ultrasounds--question
 

I had one at 12 weeks and one at 19, I had to go elsehwere and pay for the
2nd one myself.

"annafine" wrote in message
om...
I'm 35 weeks pregnant and have only had 2 ultrasounds. The first was
at 10 weeks and the second at 18 weeks. I've been asking my OB about
another, but she won't request one unless she feels it medically
necessary.

My question is, how many ultrasounds have you had, and when (# of
weeks) did you have them?

Thanks,
Anna
EDD #1 October 18, 2003

# of ultrasounds--question
 

annafine wrote in message
. ..
I'm 35 weeks pregnant and have only had 2 ultrasounds. The first was
at 10 weeks and the second at 18 weeks. I've been asking my OB about
another, but she won't request one unless she feels it medically
necessary.

My question is, how many ultrasounds have you had, and when (# of
weeks) did you have them?

I had one at 8 weeks and one at 19 weeks with my second pregnancy. I had an
additional one with my first pregnancy because I had gone a week past edd.

laurie
mommy to Jessica, 29 months
and Christopher, 4.5 months

*This email address is now valid*


Thanks,
Anna
EDD #1 October 18, 2003

# of ultrasounds--question
 

annafine wrote:
I'm 35 weeks pregnant and have only had 2 ultrasounds. The first was
at 10 weeks and the second at 18 weeks. I've been asking my OB about
another, but she won't request one unless she feels it medically
necessary.

My question is, how many ultrasounds have you had, and when (# of
weeks) did you have them?



With #1 I had two. One at 12 weeks or so to date the pregnancy since the
AFP came back as high risk and another at 20 weeks.

With #2 I had four. One to date the pregnancy, one Level II due to
frightfully high risk AFP result, one regular one at 20 weeks, and one in
later pregnacy to assure everything was progressing OK as I had high blood
pressure.


--
Nikki
Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2)

# of ultrasounds--question
 

I had one at 5 weeks at my RE office, one at 7 weeks because I had been
bleeding, one at 12 weeks because the dr could not find the heartbeat, one
at 18 weeks to do the measurements and one at 24 weeks because the u/s
machine was in the room and my 5 year old was asking the dr how it worked so
he showed her what her sister looked like.

Lori
"Nikki" wrote in message
...
annafine wrote:
I'm 35 weeks pregnant and have only had 2 ultrasounds. The first was
at 10 weeks and the second at 18 weeks. I've been asking my OB about
another, but she won't request one unless she feels it medically
necessary.

My question is, how many ultrasounds have you had, and when (# of
weeks) did you have them?



With #1 I had two. One at 12 weeks or so to date the pregnancy since the
AFP came back as high risk and another at 20 weeks.

With #2 I had four. One to date the pregnancy, one Level II due to
frightfully high risk AFP result, one regular one at 20 weeks, and one in
later pregnacy to assure everything was progressing OK as I had high blood
pressure.


--
Nikki
Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2)

# of ultrasounds--question
 

"annafine" wrote in message
om...
I'm 35 weeks pregnant and have only had 2 ultrasounds. The first was
at 10 weeks and the second at 18 weeks. I've been asking my OB about
another, but she won't request one unless she feels it medically
necessary.

My question is, how many ultrasounds have you had, and when (# of
weeks) did you have them?


I had one at 6 weeks to check my dates (I had very irregular periods). One
at 19 weeks to check for any abnormalities and one at 42 weeks to make sure
there was enough amniotic fluid.

Nadene

# of ultrasounds--question
 

On 13 Sep 2003 15:28:45 -0700, (annafine) wrote:

I'm 35 weeks pregnant and have only had 2 ultrasounds. The first was
at 10 weeks and the second at 18 weeks. I've been asking my OB about
another, but she won't request one unless she feels it medically
necessary.

My question is, how many ultrasounds have you had, and when (# of
weeks) did you have them?

Thanks,
Anna
EDD #1 October 18, 2003

I had zero scans this latest pg, I decided that unless something about
the pregnancy was unusual and warranted further investigation, there
was no point. It was weird but interesting, and I would do the same
again.

Anecdotally, I know a couple of people who were worried unnecessarily
by ultrasound anomalies that turned out to be nothing. I also have a
close friend who had many, many high level ultrasounds (she had a
previous loss so they felt it was warranted)- and they were still
taken *completely* by surprise when the baby had a serious heart
defect.

Hope


--
Riley 1993 c/s
Tara 2002 HBAC
proudly distributing Mayawrap Baby Slings Down Under
http://www.babyslings-australia.com

# of ultrasounds--question
 

On 13 Sep 2003 15:28:45 -0700, (annafine) wrote:

I'm 35 weeks pregnant and have only had 2 ultrasounds. The first was
at 10 weeks and the second at 18 weeks. I've been asking my OB about
another, but she won't request one unless she feels it medically
necessary.

My question is, how many ultrasounds have you had, and when (# of
weeks) did you have them?

For #1 I had two ultrasounds, one at around 6 weeks because my uterus
felt larger than it should have been, and one at around 19 weeks.
That's more than the standard care in Australia, the medical system
will only give you one at 18 weeks if there are no indications of
something being wrong with the pregnancy, or unless you want to have
the nuchal fold ultrasound at around 10-12 weeks. For the other two
kids I had more ultrasounds but there were always medical reasons why
they were ordered.


--
Cheryl
Mum to DS#1 (11 Mar 99), DS#2 (4 Oct 00)
and DD (30 Jul 02)