i too dread this water drinking before scan procedure! i only have to have 600mls though an hour before scan. so i plan to drink it within the second half of the hour so its not building up for so long. if you have the scan and they find that you need a fuller bladder i think they just make you drink some and then wait a while longer.
SJ - I drank 600ml for my scan (mostly within an hour of the scan so I didn't hold it for too long). They did about 5 mins of the scan with my full bladder then I was allowed to empty it and the remainder of the scan (about 25mins) was with an empty bladder.
Enjoy - you are going to love seeing how big your bub is now.
I was always told to start on 1 litre 2 hours before & finish it an hour before.I don't think I once got the lot in though. I was usually still drinking in the waiting room. Never had any problems.
If you think drinking 500ml's an hour before is bad enough, then try this......
I had to do that and THEN turned up to my appointment only to be told that my sonographer had called in sick (GGGRRRRR) and that I was to have to wait 30mins for the next sonographer to be available!!!!!!!!! So yeah, you can imagine how busting i was by the time I got in to the scan!!!!
For the last half of my scan (so the last 20mins) I got to empty my bladder so they could see better in certain areas, you might be lucky to get that too???
Regardless, I still enjoyed it I wasn't going to let that person ruin my scan!
My u/s place just called and said that the sonographer has called in sick!! grr... Luckily I can have one at the same time just at another one of their places further away. I wasn't waiting until next week!
i was told to drink a glass of water before my appointment. I drink a lot of water throughout the day so just drink enough to make me think about needing to go and then stopped. I could not even imagine having to drink a litre...it would of been soooooo painfull!!!!
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