19 week scan - what to expect

[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

[Ellie]

Thanks Webbie! 2 more sleeps!

[oli's mum]

Hey, i know i gave you some of my thoughts in the other thread but just wanted to give you one more hug. All is crossed for you and i can't wait to hear all the good news on Monday. Ours is at 9.30am - what time is yours? I have to go to work after so will check in when i can. As i said earlier, forget the 13th thingy - instead of looking for reasons to freak out, look at the positives - this is a routine scan and even if they picked up something, usually they are things that can be sorted. Withmy pregnancy with 0li, they told me at this 19week one that i had placenta previa. Nothing wrong with him, just that the placenta was attached low in the uterus and this would mean i may have to have a caesar. In the end it moved up and i got a natural birth. So, although none of us can predict the future, the odds are definately in our favour! Relax and enjoy, thats what i'm going to try and do...
Good luck xxx