Finally Getting My Ultra Sound!

Finally!!! It feels like it has taken ages, but I finally get to go for my u/s this Thursday (day after tomorrow)! That is, unless I have to go to Tasmania for my real MIL funeral.

I'm looking forward to it (the u/s, not the funeral), 'cos I get to find out the due date!!!!

I'll let you all know when it is!!!!

And my Mum is coming with me, she didn't come to my u/s for Steph, because we weren't talking, but now she gets to come to this one and she is looking forward to it aswell.

On a different note, the blood test for downs syndrome. Is this just a 'normal' bt from me (ie, my arm), or is it from the bub? I have a referral to get this done, but I don't really want to go (as I am petrified of needles, and will be having about a gizzillion other bt's since I'm negative blood group).

yay!! good luck and let us know how it goes!! it will be nice to have a proper EDD :)

All the best for your scan!! Which scan is it? (Ie how many weeks are you?)

I have my 18-22 weeks scan on the 19th Aug...cant wait..i will be 19w5d at the time!

With regards to the BT as part of the NT scan, its taken from you not bub. The NT testing doesnt have to be done at all...its an optional BT and Scan to see the likelihood of bubs having downs. Generally its done around 12 weeks (the u/s bit) and the BT i think around 10 weeks. Im not to sure, ive not had it done with my 2 DD's and i declined it again for this current bub.

Thanks guys!!!

Kim, its the 18-20 (or 22) week scan. It just seemed so long in coming around this time. Probably because I'm not keeping track of my weeks (mainly cos I don't really know).
That is a releif that it is only from me, but still don't think I'll be getting it. I was never offered any ds testing with my first (bt or u/s), and when I rang the Royal Womens to make an apt to have b2 there, they told me off for not getting the 12 week tests done! So, I'm not going to RWH, I'm just going to go back to Sunshine, but I had to get a referral from my gp for the u/s as I am still waiting to get an apt for one from the hosp. Maybe they forgot, cos I have an apt with a mw (I think), and a ob over there in August.

I think you will find its to late for the NT testing to be done now anyhow. No one can make you have it done...so its rude that RWH even went off at you in the first place!!!

Goodluck for your scan....

What is NT? Nuchal something? As you can all see, I have NO idea about this kind of thing!

Well, the funeral is on Friday (we have to all fly interstate!), so I still get my u/s tomorrow. Maybe the Man can come too, he got to come to Steph's, but I know he would like to come to this one also. His boss told him to take the week off, which was really good of him, I just hope that he will give him some time when the baby comes too.

Hun, having a dating u/s at 18-20 weeks is not that reliable - the earlier the scan the better for dating purposes - unless you have an idea from your cycle.

EG - my babies have been good sizes and have both measured ahead at the morph scan. This time when I was supposed to be 19w2d by dates, the scan averaged 20w1d - but I knew when I ovulated so I know I am not a whole week out etc.

So IMO don't hang your heart on the date they give you at the u/s for the due date. And - Good Luck :)

Yeh Nuchel Trans something....LOL...

I dunna the right words...as i said..never had one in 3 babies so dont know the finer details!

Sorry about having to go to the funeral...but yay for u/s still....hope the man does go....my hubby loves going to scans :)

Are you finding out the gender?

Good luck with your scan! My DH came to our 12 NT scan and it was the most amazing moment I think I have ever experienced. I wasn't at any risk but I thought it would be nice to give me that extra piece of mind that bubs was ok, so we did it and we came out as having a low risk. The blood test is like any other so its not that bad. But Blood tests don't worry me. I don't like the needle but its quick and I know its for a good reason so I toughen up and deal with it. But no one should force you to do it or worse still make you feel bad for choosing not to do it. Its a personal choice, so what ever choice you make feel confident with it and don't worry about what other people say. Your young and healthy by the sounds of it so chances are your bub is perfect anyway!

Best of luck with your upcoming scan, bet you are looking forward to finding out your edd. :)
Snoopea

Sami, I thought they were pretty reliable. I am kind of counting on it, because as you can see in my signature, I'm not really sure when its coming. From memory, the date they gave me for my first was pretty close to my own calculations, which were right on. Everyone (the "professionals") have told me I couldn't get an early scan, because I'm not high risk or anything, and not to worry about the date, I'll get it at 18-20 weeks.

Kim, Thank you for the funeral. However, we are now not going. The cost of the flights will be too much. Even for just the Man to go on his own, it would be about $70 to get there, and at least $250 to get back, cos of the availability of flights.
We won't find out the gender, another surprise for us! So the scan person had better not show us!

Puppies, I don't understand it. I have never been offered or discussed with the 12 week scan. And that is not just seeing one dr in early pg. Thank you for the reassurances of my age and health for the bub.

Kelly, I can't wait to find out my EDD! I will log back on tomorrow night and let everyone know! :dance::dance:

The most reliable scan is the dating scan.....but if you have had no other scans other then this coming one, a rough EDD will be given.

Oh im sorry your not able to go to the funeral :( airfares are a wrought these days.

GRRRR. Well I didn't get my scan. I turned up for my apt, but the chick on the phone had booked me in for the wrong thing. The apt I needed takes about 40 mins, not the allocated 20, as they had given me. I didn't even get to have a dating scan, as they felt that if I got that (which takes the first 20 minutes), then they would be legally obligated to do the rest of the scan (the second 20 minutes).

On the up side, I am getting the scan bulk billed, that was about the only thing on the referral in the drs handwriting that we could actually read.

I still haven't got a scan apt from Sunshine hosp, and I have been meaning to ring them about that yesterday, then today, but forgot. Guess I have to do it on Monday.

I am booked in for a scan, yep, the whole 40 minutes, next Wednesday evening. The sonographer (sp?) told me that children are not allowed in while the scan is on, at least for the first 10-15 mins. So, Dad is allowed in, but I have to get someone else to mind Steph outside the room for that time, then she is allowed in. Can anybody explain the why behind this? I don't get it. So if I went on my own, obviously Steph would be with me. How would I get around this? I think it is really dumb. Thankfully my Mum is coming with me next week, so she can mind Steph while the Man and I go in for the first 15 min or whatever. I can't get over how dumb that is, because I can't see any logical explanation to it.

Anyway, thanks for the vent.

Hi Netix

what a pain!!! - The 18 - 20 scans are ususally bulk billed if you are going through public system. Re daughter's attendance - kids can be distracting and this u/s as you know they measure everything, make sure bubs has all the bits they can see - and I suppose in case there is a problem or a concern, you can discus without worrying about the little one. Kids get easily bored too so after the official part is done, your daughter can come in and see - but she is probably a bit young to know what it is on the screen!

My DD came to my first two scans, but not the 12 and 20wk ones.

HTH

Thanks Sami. I just think it is silly, because if I was on my own for the scan, Steph would be in a pram anyway, not running around the place, and with my Mum or the Man, she would be held on to.

FINALLY GOT MY ULTRASOUND LAST NIGHT!

All is good, we didn't find out if it is a boy or a girl, but the Man and I suspect it may be a boy. That, or it was the umbilical cord.

Got my due date, 6 January, so that is much better than Christmas or New Year's Day, as it was when I calculated. Funnily enough, the 6th is the date that the hospital has got me down as.

Was going to type something else, but forget what it was now as Steph is harrassing me like crazy so I will get off the computer.

I was going to put a ticker on my signature, but I can't get it to display the actual ticker, it only shows the address. Surely it can't be that hard? Or am I just thick?

Congratulations on getting your scan! It must be great to finally have a due date!

Regarding our ticker, make sure you copy and paste the BB code into your sig, not the HTML (which looks like a website address).

HTH :)

Thanks Trish. I actually tried the BB one first, and in the preview it just appeared as a link, so I didn't think that it worked, so I just didn't worry about it. It would be nice if it did though, as I jsut can't keep track of how many weeks I am!