4d scan in Melbourne

[mibebita]

Where can ppl suggest to go for 4d scans in Melbourne?
If you've had one done, how was your experience at the place you went - was it what you were expecting?
How long in advance did you book your scan? Any suggestions for last minute bookings?
I'm starting this thread mostly for information for others who are out there... i'm booked for mine this Friday and then i can reply to myself!
Thanks everyone!

[Jodie259]

I went to Early Image about 18 months ago.

It ended up being quite frustrating for me, as the first time I went they couldn't get any good shots of my baby. So they told me to go for a walk and come back. This was a bit annoying because 3 members of my family had come along to see it too. So we went back and they tried again - and still couldn't get any decent views of the baby. So we ended up setting another appointment. This time it was just my DH & I that went along. And the same thing happened!!! the first session didn't come up with any results, so had to go for a walk. The second shot got some photo's.

I guess I was also a little disappointed in the set up of it all too. They gave the impression there was a 'viewing room' for visitors... but everyone was in the same room, and there was just one couch. So I was in the centre of the room, with my belly bared to all - and there was no privacy at all. My poor dad must have felt a bit uncomfortable. The other thing that annoyed me was before we started on the scan, they said "so, do you know the sex of the baby??" - they asked this in front of my family - and at the time DH & I knew, but they didn't. We had wanted to make it a bit of a 'surprise' for them - but it was announced in the waiting room and I was very disappointed with that.

I had found out about the 4D scans at the big baby expo in Melbourne, and I was only about 8 weeks pregnant at the time. They said if I signed up then - they were offering a special on their "gold package" which was the DVD, pictures & a polyeurathane picture frame of the best photo. But when I went for the scan, they had dropped that particular package - and although the cost was the SAME - all I got was the DVD, and some little pictures on their website. If I wanted the pictures on a disk or hard copy - I had to pay even more for it.


During my pregnancy - after I had had the 4D scans at Early Image, my doc referred me to a scanning place in Balaclava, as he thought I had thyroid problems.
They did private 4D scans, and it is not as 'fancy' as early image... but after talking to the guy there - they seemed a lot more obliging then Early Image. He said I would get lots of pictures and the DVD. And they were quite a bit cheaper then Early Image.

I also had a couple of 4D scans when I was getting my 20 week images, and it didn't cost any extra at all!!!! (that was at Monash private ultrasound)... but that was for the medical scans - so not pleasure scans.

I'm pregnant again, and I can't get back into the Monash u/s place (they're fully booked)... and the place I'm going doesn't have a 4D machine
Because this is my 2nd, I wasn't planning on going to a private 4D clinic. But I will see how I feel in a month or two. Maybe I will check out the prices at the Balaclava clinic.

I would love to hear where you are going - and your experiences...

[stillhoping]

You could ring Hampton ultrasound for Women in Hampton St Hampton. I go there, just not sue if they do 4D. I have been happy with them.