Hey all x

i hope all is going well for everyone. I know what you mean about scans, and sometimes i feel bad for having so many and i am sure lots of people quite rightly think its unfair but i dont have children yet, it took me over two and half years to even fall pregnant then had three ealry losses that were all awful and had three horrible stays in hospital on a drip for days. I thn fell with My Ashleigh and had a late MC where my waters broke suddenly, see if they had been a bit mroe cautious that time maybe they may have picked up on something, im not saying they would but well you never know. This is my fifth pregnancy i have had pains bleed and its been awful so i do need the scans to check all is okay and also check  my cervix is not funnelling and they get the stitch put in for me in time. my cons see me in his clinic everyweek and just scans me there so im not blocking up the EPU.

I Understand what u mean about lying i would never lie for a scan, i knwo its crap when you have to wait and i dont wish it upon anyone,,,,

take care all and hope you have healthy pregnacies xx

Theresa

I know wot your saying lisa, & my EPU isn't the best run. Its actually full of rude woman, with attitudes. Ive been there too many times this year (as have had 3 mc's) & they're not particularily sympathetc or sensitive. U wouldve thought they realise that working somewhere like that, they need to be particularyly sensitive.

& as to the NHS not always being v sensitive - i remember when i had my d & c 4 years ago, i was put in a ward before & afterwards with 3 other pg woman whom spent the time happily chatting about their pregnancies!!

Good luck tomorrow lisa x

I have been very very lucky, our Hospital and Doctor have been brilliant.

Although, ironicly, I had to go into hospital yesterday, and was told they were far too busy to scan me (this was obvious by the amount of people in the waiting room) but it made me wonder, just how many women were sat there just because they wanted a scan, and had lied to get it, I know this sounds awful, but if you read down the last 5 or so posts you will understand.

In my reply to this woman that lied to get her scan you will see that I had put, words to the effect of.......people lying to get a scan hinder the genuine ones that need a scan.....that was me yesterday, and as our EPU don't scan on a Saturday I have to wait til tomorrow, I am the 1st booked in, so can't complain, and mayby there wasnt anyone there that had lied, but it makes you wonder when you read what some people will do.

Good luck with all your pregnancies.

Lisa xxxxx

I have had two consecutive mc's in 12 months and am now 12 + 4.  I was advised to get my GP to refer me for a scan at 8 weeks but other than that I have received no additional support and am not getting any extra scans unless I have bleeds and then I have to self refer.

I have had two bleeds this pregnancy and each time on telephoning the hospital have been told I must be having an mc and have to go in very upset and fearing the worst - both times my baby has been absolutely fine.

I do sometimes think the NHS are very insensitive in these types of situation and need to practice being more sympathetic when women have had previous losses.

Hi i have read through these threads and well i totally diagree! i have had 4 losses three early then a late one at 16+2 where i suffered prom and my daugher was born sleeping! scans are not harmful at all to your baby if they was then they wouldnt use them eso nbot to " high risk" people which many of us are! i am scanned everyweek due to my history and also have scans on my cervix, please see below

" Ultrasound scanning is not dangerous therefor is safe to use in pregnancy"

I really dont think that a lot of us need to hear this, un tru informaiton when we are relying on our scans to give us reassurance!

Sorry on all your losses girls hope you have healthy pregnancies xx

Theresa

The reason we paid to have our scan at 9 weeks was because i thought it was completly wrong to lie to try and get a scan on the NHS. As someone who has had to wait for scans when i have been miscarrying i would never wait to drag out that pain for someone else, its a pretty cruel thing to do.

I would like to know how your sonographer knows about scanning giving the babies headches, how on earth would they know that , i thought current reasearch showed babies dont feel pain till 20+ weeks.

If there was any risks atributed to scanning they would not scan so often, women who are expecting multiples or otherwise complicated pregnancies are sometimes  scanned every week, if there was any risk of miscarriage or harm to the baby it just would not be alowed, the same goes for clinical trials or research, hospitals would simply not allow women to be used as guinea pigs if there were any risk atall to the pregnancy, it would be deeply unethical.

I'm sorry, but if you felt "paniced" and after so many mc's I'm sure your mw would have got you in for a scan.

As someone that has suffered at the hands of Mother Nature I can't believe someone with the same background as myself (I have had 2 mc's) would deliberately lie to get a scan, when some poor woman could be sat there bleeding or in "genuine" pain.

As for your sonographer giving you that kind of information, I will be very interested in getting the information myself, at 6 weeks pregnant (tomorrow) I am anxious to have a scan to put my mind at rest, but no way would I lie about being in pain to get what I wanted, but if there is a risk to baby by being scanned, why do they scan the more "at risk" more regular if it could cause a mc??

I'm sorry to come across blunt, but find it despicable that someone would lie and take the place of a genuine patient when suffered so many losses.

Good luck with this pregnancy.

HI LADIES IVE HAD 23 MCS AND HAVE 4 KIDS ONE MORE DUE APRIL I HAD ALL YOVE TALKED ABOUT IN NHS I EVEN WHEN PRIVATE FOR DATING SEXING SCAN      

BUT AFTER TALKING TO A VERRY NICE RADIOGRAPHER SHE EXPLAINED SCANNING CAN CAUSE BABY TO GET HEADACK AND SOMETIMES THAT PAIN CAN BE SO SEVEAR THAT IT CAN CAUSE LOTS OF PROBLEM EVEN MSC  

 I WAS SHOCKED I LOOKED INTO IT AND SHES RIGHT SCANNING CAN ACTULY HUR BABY IF DONE TO FREQUENT.

I NOW HAVE 7 WEEKS SCAN HEATBEAT AND LOCATION THEN WAIT FOR 12 WEEK SCAN THEN 20 WEEK IF YOU FEEL YOU NEED MORE TALK TO YOUR MIDWIFE

I FOUND AT 18 WEEKS I STARTED TO PANICK SO TOLD MW I HAD PAIN HORIED THING TO DO BUT WAS RUSHED IN HAD SCAN ALL OK AND REASURED.

ALSO LAST TIME MY HOSP HAD A RESURCH GOING AND I VOLENTIRED TO HELP WITH RESEARCH AS I HAD EXTRA SCANS . ASLWAYS WORTH ASKING IF HOSPITAL HAS ANY RESURCH YOU CAN HELP WITH?? HOPE YOU ALL OK XX GOOD LOOK XXX

Hi Ladies

I just thought i'd update you. I tried hard to get a reassurane scan at 9 weeksn on the NHS but they wouldnt let me, they said if i had one, even if it was because of a bleed then i wouldn't get my 12 week scan, it doesnt seem fair atall especially as Prof. Lesley Regans proved that TLC is very important with women who have miscarriages

We decided that i would make myself ill with worry between 8 and 12 weeks without a scan so we paid for one privatly last week, i was 9+3 and it was fine. It was £70 which would have much better been spent on something else but it was worth it just for the reassurance.

I hope all of your pregnancies are going ok 

Hi all, Mandy - thats awful you've had 15 mc's?? at wot stages were u? poor u, no one should have to go thru that.

Ive had 4 mc's, & am also struggling to get 'reassurance scan's' at my local NHS scanning unit. Practically had an arguement with the woman there last week. the actual sonography was polite & supportive, but the admin woman booking the app's were rude. But in the end, have found that another hosp abit further away have a walk in clinic. So luckily can go there. But still, you'd have thought that after numerous mc's they'd see u no problem?? Let alone being rude......

Anyway, good luck ladies!!

xx

hi everyone i have had 15 miscarraiges and am now 9 weeks pregnant and am going for a scan next thursday scared and excited do not know what to expect any advice

Hi hun - well i've had 3 miscarriages over the last 3 years. My first was a MMC at 12 wks but bubs had dies at 8+2. The next mc was at 5 weeks and the last one which happened in January was at 6 weeks. All very traumatic and something i hope never to happen again. Well since then i have had tests done and everything has come back normal. I was scanned at 5 weeks as i had v.light bleedin but thankfully everything was OK.  The NHS will not scan you every week or 2 unless you live in a lucky area. So i had to go private and have scans weekly up until i was 13 weeks. It cost me and hubby about £1200 in all but i wouldn't change a thing - it was worth every penny! We are not rich but had savings so we used them.

I am now 19+6 and have had in total about 12 scans, it was lovely to see bubs grow and i feel very attached and postive about this pregnancy.

I am currently being seen by midwife and consultant every 4 weeks so that helps. I am also on Progesterone and baby aspirin.

I hope you get the care you deserve hun xx

Hi, I've had a MMC at 9+3 (baby stopped growing at 5+3), natural MC at 6+3 then lost a baby due to severe abnormalities at 12 weeks in October, discovered at my dating scan at 11+3 - the Cons promised me he would look after me and scan me weekly when I got PG again. Well, I had a routine appointment with him in July and was 5+6 then so got a scan, then he was on holiday for 2 weeks (had to have emergancy scan due to bleeding the next week) then he saw me at 8, 9, 10 weeks and is seeing me again tomorrow at 11+3. I have my dating/nuchal scan the week after then, he said we could decide how I want to play it after that. I do need to be monitored closely anyway as my DD had problems with her growth from 30 weeks and was prem. I am on aspirin as well. I must admit they've been great. I was 'in' with the Cons anyway as I was referred to the fertility clinic just before I got my BFP last year.

So I agree that you should be seen more, a week isn't so hard to get through TBH but I can imagine waiting weeks is very hard. I think that a MMC is soul-destroying and ruins future pregnancies.

Could you get your Doc to refer you? You shouldn't have to pay for a scan after what you've been through but it is an option and in your position, I would probably have one at about 8 - 9 weeks.

Hiya - I had 3 consecutive losses - after which was referred for investigations into my miscarriages.  Consultant couldn't find anything to explain my losses and wrote a letter to my gp recommending a viability scan at 6 weeks of my next pregnancy and regular fortnightly scans up until 12 weeks.  In his letter he said there were suggestions that regular scanning can improve chances for fetal development. (or something to that effect)

So if I was you, I'd book into your gp's next week and request that they arrange you another scan.  Given your history and how you are feeling about it now, I'm sure they will book you one for about 9 weeks. 

My consultant said that sometimes extra scans can provide that extra reassurance - for whatever reason this time round it worked for me.  Whether it was the scans, who knows? 

Good luck!

Kate 33+4

Hi sarah sorry your not having a good time of it hunni. I am being very well looked after i had a viability scan at 7 weeks, had nt scan (done by cons) at 11+6 i have a reasurrance scan at 15 weeks (lost robbie at 17+1) another scan at 20 weeks then i am scanned monthly till i deliver. She may change it to fortnightly till i deliver to check bubs growth. I was told after a mmc they scan you more till you get to the 12 week stage (thy do here anyway) If i were you i would self refer at 8+4 days (i know cheeky as then it wont count as dating) then youll still have your 12 week dating scan hunni.. i know its cheeky but you do have a genuine need to see bub and see hb after loosing your angels at 8 weeks.. thats all i can think of or if you can afford it going private?

I really hope this pg works out fine for you hunni have everything crossed for you!! I am 13+2 so in my danger time for loosing this baby now so i am bricking it.. doesnt help the consultant says i need to get to 20 weeks for a good chance then 24 for a even better chance... so god knows how i am gonna do it!!!! I am here if you need me hun xxxx

I've been very lucky since my MMC in October (I was 12 weeks, baby about 8 they said)

Anyway, this time i have had scans at 7 weeks, 9 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks and 20 weeks. I'm having another at 28 weeks and another at 36

Have you thought about paying privately for an additional scan if necessary? I found it so reassuring to see baby so often

Lisa

24 + 6

i do kinda know what ur goin thru - had a mmc in jan,i was 11 wks but baby only 6 wks - how old was ur baby when u had ammc at 13 wks???well b4 that had a healthy pregnancy 5 yrs ago,and im 10+3 today.At  8 wks i had brown discharge and a real bad pain in left side,got scanned and to my suprise a hb,1wk and 5 days after,had a heavy bleed and pains,had a scan at 9+5 and my bean was wrigglin round,and happy.I have another scan in a wk - but wots amazed me is that every time ive had a scare u have to wait days to get a scan.....they just tell u to go home and rest,so i took so long off work,that in the end i handed my notice in cos i was so sick of lettin em down and i could have 9months of this.....its been 5 days since scan,and early hrs this morn i had v dark brown blood - there was no red in it at all,so im hopin this is v old - see when they scanned there was a small area where bleed came from in placenta but havent had any bleed over a wk now,so im hopin its just the last of wotever was there.But its sooo scarey and i just feel like they leave u on ur own.i havent even contacted mw this time cos i know shell just say wait til the scan.When she ws paged the 1st time b4 scan,it took 6 hrs to contact me,and it wasnt even her,was another covering,and since,ive had all these probs she hasnt even contacted me to see if im ok.which makes me mad....i dont like my mw anyway,so ive had no faith in her since the word go.....not good seein as shes meant to be my healthcare provider nx 9 months....

Hi, I'm 6 weeks gone after a mmc at 13 weeks in feb, i had my daughter before then and before her 2 other miscariages so 3 altogether.

I was scanned yesterday at the EPU bcaus eof some spotting which was fine, 6 weeks pregnancy in the right place with heartbeat etc, i know i should feel reassures but i know htis is only the beginning and a HB now means pretty much nothing.

I asked if there was any possibility of getting another reassurance scan at about 9 weeks ( all my pregnancies have ended at 8 )but was told they didnt do reassurance scans and if i had another scan at 9 weeks they'd use it as my dating scan so i wouldnt get one at 12 weeks.

I know the NHS have to save money but i was so cut up my the last mc that it took me 4 months to be able to think straight, i was really messed up over it at it realy took its toll on my family and a lot of my friendships. I think the reason i found it so hard was because my baby had died 5 weeks before i found out and i felt completly betrayed by my own body. The thought of going though that again is too much, i know dfs worrying about how i'll cope with it if it does.

Is anyone else having reassurance scans ?