Ultrasound Scanning

Ultrasound scans are commonly used during pregnancy, they can do a number of things, and these are: Confirm the dates of your pregnancy Check for birth defects Determine the sex of the foetus Assess growth of the foetus Check how many! Check where the placenta is For most people the joy at seeing their little baby moving around on the screen is absolutely amazing to see. You can get 3d scans now as time as become more advanced, although to me I find this a bit freaky. We know of someone recently who had one of these scans who then sent a 3d picture of their un born baby to family and friends, to me I felt that this was ...  Read the complete review

I thought I would write about my experience of both internal and external ultrasound As I went through fertility treatment and had treatment called IUI which involved having washed sperm inserted at the time of ovulation. I had to have internal scans to examine look at my ovaries to determine when ovulation was going to happen. The internal scans are also used during early pregnancy when there is concern of eptopic pregnancy or investigations into other problems as the womb is difficult to see in early pregnancy. You are asked to empty your bladder before the scan and believe me this is necessary. I had to lie on a bed with no ...  Read the complete review

I remember the joy and elation myself and my husband felt when we discovered we were going to be parents for the first time. No words can describe the feeling of knowing you have a tiny little life growing inside you and that in 9 months you will be holding a gorgeous tiny baby and be a Mummy & Daddy!! I discovered I was pregnant when I was 5 weeks gone, so I found out quite early on, we were trying anyway so the minute my period was late I suspected that I could be. The next few weeks for me were agony! I am very impatient anyway and I am also a worrier! So every little niggle and pain I got I automatically presumed the worst and worried that ...  Read the complete review

I have thus far had 3 ultrasounds, 2 NHS and 1 private, and have also managed to get 3 completely different experiences. My first ultrasound was a routine 20 week scan (anomally scan) at the local hospital. I had read various things on this scan and was looking forward to my first opportunity to see the baby. Unfortunately it turned out to be a very stressful experience. I understood that the purpose of this ultrasound was to check for any abnormalities, so I was a little scared that they might find something wrong, which thankfully they didn't. My experience wasn't great purely because the sonographer I got must've been having a bad day. The scan took about 5 minutes, I ...  Read the complete review

After having 3 children i have a fair bit of experience in the scanning department, from the fears of getting on the table and the scanner suddenly saying 'i'm sorry miss x there is no baby, you must of imagined it' (i had nightmares with all 3 kids) to 'please sit down mr x there are 3 babies in there'. I am glad to say this has happened on no occassions. Now i have read the other reviews on here and everything that has been said about the 12 and 20 week scans has been spot-on and excellently put BUT my review is going to focus on the most amazing experience of my entire life (along with meeting my babies for the first time, and yes each one was just as ...  Read the complete review