19 week scan - what to expect

[Ellie]

Thanks for your reassuring words ladies!

I am just a stress head. I feel much better this morning as bub has been moving heaps and reminding me he's there! Interesting...I keep saying 'he'...I wonder?

3 more sleeps!

[amyalexandra]

Hey Ellie!
I just HAD my morphology scan like..a few hours ago!
It was great. I had a sonographer who was in training so we sat there in amazement looking at my baby for nearly an hour!
He measured practically everything. I especially loved watching the little heart beat and flow , its only the size of a thumbnail at the moment!
My 3 year old kept saying "look fire in the baby's heart" which made me cry nearly, you'll understand why come Monday.
Its a really relaxed routine check, so just lie back in wonder and watch bubby kick, twitch and roll.

ps- By the way allioops, its my bday on MOnday the 13th too! so it looks like its going to be a very exciting day!
Best of Luck

[Ellie]

Amy - Congrats on the great scan. I can't wait to see bub. Hope I get an hour too!

[amyalexandra]

Just keep talking with the technician. Be amazed and hopefully the technician will talk about what he/she is looking at and explain it all for you!

[Ellie]

Good idea Amy...talking is something I'm very good at lol!
I have requested the same technician we had at 12 weeks ...she was so compassionate and understanding of our journey. I phoned yesterday to confirm and we are definately having her...so I'm really happy with that! She spent about 40 mins with us at the 12 week scan so hopefully she'll be able to spend a bit of time with us...actually feeling a little excited now...thanks

[Shan]

Good luck with your scan on monday Ellie. Everything will be fine. Enjoy every minute of it as the time goes by so quickly!!! I was amazed at how quickly they grow. The difference from the 12 week to the 19 week scan is really crazy!!!!

[Mumma2three]

Hi Ellie, it's lots and lots of measuring!! Mine went for 1.5 hours... and believe it or not, I got bored....I never thought that would happen!! But they check all the parts of the heart, brain, blood flow etc etc. Limb, bone measurements etc. They also found cysts on Coco's brain, which I now know is perfectly normal, but at the time I didnt' and there was no one to talk to us afterwards, so I strongly suggest you have someone to sit with after and go through the scan with. There are usually Dr's there to do that but for some reason we ended up at a place that they didnt' do that, even though it was a very prestige hospital in Syd. I am still astounded as to why we didnt' get seen after.
Anyway, it's a very special time and if you request to see the sex, they will do their best but it's not always possible to see (and on the other hand sometimes it's way obvious, so if you don't want to know tell them that too)!!!
Good luck, you'll be fine and it will be amazing!!! xoxoxo