No scans until morph scan

[BeautifulMadness]

This time round my first scan will be @ 12weeks. my last preg i had pains so i had one @ 7weeks i think

[blueiris]

I'm having my 1st scan at 12 weeks,i might try to get an earlier one though. I just want ot know if i have 1 or 2 bubs in there,we have a history of twins on both sides of our families. For me on my dads side & for DH his mum is an identical.

I'm just hanging out to hear our bubs heartbeat & see bubs for the 1st time. I think then it'll actually start to feel truely real for me that we're having a baby,even though my bloods have proven it. I want concrete visual or audible proof

[OceanPrincess]

My sister only had two scans, the NT and the morph. I've had two already and will most likely have another two - I had NT, a cardiac scan, then I'll have morph and apparently an "early 3rd trimester" scan.

For me, its about the confidence of knowing - our NT scan picked up an irregularity and its about being prepared for what that means.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Thanks for your responses everyone.......


I was more looking for others who are doing the same/have done

Thanks

[Lisa]

I had a dating scan done with Noah then nothing until the morphology scan at 18 weeks. That is when we found out he was unwell.
Because I have issues surrounding waiting until the morphology scan, plus the risk of problems, I had 5 scans when I was pregnant with Harrison, although 1 was because of unexplained bleeding and pain around 9 weeks.
I will continue to have dating, NT and morphology scans in any future pregnancies, plus any other's that may pop up.

[Tobily]

I've had a couple of missed miscarriages so I always get an early scan around 6-8 weeks. It's basically a "yes there is a baby and a heartbeat" scan.

But I have chosen not to have the NT scan with any of my pregnancies so if it weren't for the history of miscarriages I wouldn't be having anything until the morphology scan either.

It's just a matter of what you're comfortable with. A good proportion of abnormalities will not be picked up in early scans anyway because they aren't checking for them or it's too early in the baby's development to see them. So I don't think it's especially risky not to have early scans.

[~clover~]

A friend of mine had the morphology one as her first to find out she was carrying twins!
Really unexpected coz at her appointment they thought they had stuffed up some how & thought she only had 4 weeks to go. Turns out it was 4 months, there were just 2 in there taking up all the room!