Being High Risk I have had a lot of scans, TBH I have lost count, of how many internal and external scans I have had, starting from 7 + 4 weeks I started to lose one of the twins and bled for weeks and on numerous occassions it looked as though the second twin wasn't going to make it as well. I had a very short cervix, so have been under constant monitoring for that to ensure that it is not funneling or shortening again, retained product from the first twin, my placenta is located over the septum (septate uterus) so where there is basically no blood flow in that section, my placenta is small so we are on constant monitoring for growth restriction, via growth scans and uterine dopplers. Low amniotic fluids which have picked up of late, and having constant BH's and being on Meds to calm them and having had a prem before, without all the monitoring and scans I hesitate to think about where we would be as I have been on rest, no lifting for the last few months.

So while it isn't ideal and not my preferred way, we need to be aware with what we are dealing with, and are making all attempts to make this pregnancy as long as possible, and a lot of the information we are looking at you can only get from US.

My OB take a number of images of my scans and puts them on file and refers back to them at each appointment, they are a good reference for her as a visual image to compare things rather than just a measurement, but a lot of the photos are of my cervix, the placenta, and not just a series of photos of a growing baby.....

So while it is not ideal to have so many scans we have to weigh up the risks and delivering a baby very prematurely or using technology to prolong a pregnancy for as long as possible I know what my choice is.

I hesitate to agree with articles due to the lack of referencing in the articles, and the age there is much mroe recent information, I have read a bit about the risks of having too many US but there is certainly a point when the benefits outweigh the risks.