18 to 20 week scan?

[FabFiona]

I had mine at 19 weeks as my husband was going to be away for work during my 20th week. There was no problems doing all the relevant baby health checks.

I also had a cool 3D one and it was great! We got to see heaps and found out gender.

If you can, try and get an appointment during week 20 as the further along you are the more developed the baby will be.

[harleysgirl]

The ultrasound guy told me that between 19 and 20wks was the best time

[Erin_25]

closest to 20wks as you can, you will see more & better. I was not patient enough to wait to find out the gender & our ultrasound dude only comes up every 5wks or so. So I went spot on 18wks & had to go back as he couldn't do the checks on the heart that he needed.

[HollyC]

I'm going to be a big downer.....

The purpose of the scan is to check the health of bub. If bub has very serious health issues, then you are given the option not to continue with the pregnancy.

The limit for making that decision is often around 20 weeks, so it can be better to have the scan before then.

I hope I haven't upset anyone. I know it is the last thing any of us want to think about. It is just a very sad, but practical aspect to consider for timing your scan.

[Cass72]

I'm booked in for my scan on 12 October as I will be away during my 19th week and they said that it's best done then not earlier, ie not during my 18th week. Holly, I'm with you, I'm more concerned about how my bub is developing. Also, my Ob does his own v.quick scan at each visit.

[CinderToriella]

Yeah im the same, very nervous to find out how bubs is doing, im really scared something may be wrong or he/she is not develping properly ..

im soooooooo super nervous

[mrzbaby]

They check out all the little bits of your baby including spine, heart, valves, kidneys functioning, lips , gender if they can and if you want to know. It called the annomaly / morphology scan.
They really like to them betwwen 19 & 20 weeks as they need to look at a particular part of the heart during that gestation stage and this window offers them the best view, before the baby grows to much bigger, I think by memory ( I have had 3 ) they can only see the part of the heart during this stage before the valve closes / opens ....
Hope it goes well for you
Em

[Shar]

you have probably booked by now but I had mine at 18w 3 days by my LMP and 18w 6d by conception date (scan actually showed that bubs was measuring to the 18w 6d)

She got all she needed, checked EVERYTHING, she had a checklist that she had to complete.

Hope it all goes well, its a magical scan.