20 week scan - what do i need to bring

[reren]

Does anyone know what you need to bring with you for a 20 week scan at kings? I've got my midwife notes and notes from my 12 week scan - but I can't seem to find an appointment letter? Will i definitely have been sent one - and will they turn me away if i don't have it?

eek - any knowledge gratefully received!

[ClareC]

Just your notes :-)

No need to take the appointment letter or anything else, they will have your name on the system when you arrive and let the receptionist know you are there.

[reren]

Oh thank you! I was about to begin trying to rifle through months worth of bills and paperwork that i dump in a drawer and never look at ! you've saved hours of my life!

[ClareC]

Glad to help, I loved going for scans :-)

Take a book incsase the wait is long, although I always found Tue mornings the best time to go as it was the teaching slot (or at least it was with the Sonographer I saw).

[EDmummy]

Also take a drink and perhaps something to eat (fruit etc). You may be seen quickly (was once seen only 2 mins after appointment time) or it may take a little longer.

[katycameron]

And ?1.50 in pound coin and 50p if you want a photo as you have to buy a ticket from the machine, oh and if like me they spring a surprise internal scan on you at the end I would reccomend not coming straight from a hot day of shopping in central London!

[ClareC]

Yep I had that surprise sprung on me too!! My friend went a couple of weeks later and didn't get that service!!! Thought it was a one off given the study they were then doing on pre eclampsia. Certainly was a surreal experience given the male sonographer, male assistant and random female Dr brought in to be in attendance!!!

[Vik]

You won't need anything, had my 20 week scan on Friday and they didn't ask for my notes or anything.

We were seen within about 10 minutes of getting there which was great.

They will offer you the internal scan too, to check the length of your cervix for risk of premature labour and also to check the blood supply from you to baby. This doesn't hurt at all and takes less than 5 minutes.

Our only prob was after firmly telling the sonographer we DID NOT want to know the sex - she let it slip :-(

[jollybaby]

Remember they will offer you a transvaginal scan at this visit too - to check the length of your cervix so you may feel better if you are umm - how to put it delicately - fresh down below!! Hope all goes well.

Sorry cross posted

[ludoscotts]

do you really need to pay for your scan pics now? if you buy 2 tickets do you get 2 different ones(from different angle etc)?

I never had to pay when I had my little one.

[ClareC]

You do :-(

Although we bought tickets they seemed to give us piccies without being interested in the tickets!

[jollybaby]

We weren't particularly bothered about getting pictures at the 22 week scan so didn't buy any tokens. Even after telling the sonographer this we somehow still ended up with three! Not that I'm encoraging people not to pay . . .

[Knomester]

We were told that the ticket machine proceeds go to charity...

[Smiler]

We never got an appointment letter for the second scan - we were just told to see the person on reception at the end of the 12-week scan and he gave us a date, which was printed out at the bottom of the 12-week scan print-out (the one with the baby's measurements etc.)

The booklet that came with the initial scan letter had the details about the later ("anomaly") scan and the cervical scan, as well as the first one.

[gwod]

...and remember to take tissues - the miricle of that little tiny heartbeat got me sniffling every time!!!

[missse22]

also take a sugary drink or afew sweets, incase bubba is sleeping (or has legs crossed) a sugary drink will hype the baby up a bit, dont have the drink unless they tell you to though, but its good to have one at hand!

Good luck and enjoy!! I had a baby boy 4 weeks ago!! Being a mum is the best thing EVER!!!!! :))

Simone,x

[Sally81]

Hello...well after all my worries about my twelve week scan...my 20 week is nearly here now.

Jut wondering, how many of you were accidentally told, or know of people who were told the sex at this scan even though they didn't want to know and said so?

I keep reading that it happens rather often....

We have decided not to find out and my partner is adamant he does not want to know....BUT I can't help having a tiny, sneaky hope that they might let it slip!!

[buggie]

If you say that you don't want to know, they will respect that and try to not show you (I've had to have 6 scans and have managed to remain in blissful ignorance). BUT, your baby may have other ideas - 2 of my colleagues have found out at the 20 wk scan as when the probe was put onto their bellies their babies had their legs akimbo flashing all they had... at 20wks its too early to try and palapate beforehand to work out what bit of the baby is where!

I'm really happy that what bubs is will be a surprise, but have also thought that if it was to be obvious on the scan I wouldn't have minded!

[Fuschia]

Sally81 Wrote:

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> Hello...well after all my worries about my twelve

> week scan...my 20 week is nearly here now.

> Jut wondering, how many of you were accidentally

> told, or know of people who were told the sex at

> this scan even though they didn't want to know and

> said so?

> I keep reading that it happens rather often....

No, but at the many twins scans I had, they would often say... right.. the boy... oh, you do know the genders already, don't you? (Luckily, we did)

[snowboarder]

Buggie you and colleagues must benefit from trained eyes - I can never work out what part of the baby (Arm? Stomach?!) is on the screen at all - plus sonographer always sat right in front of you!

[buggie]

... nope!! Can tell head/spine and at 12/20wks could tell limbs but later scans are really hard as it's quick flashes of bits that you see (kinda like a jigsaw of the baby!) At 28wks I thought bubs was sucking on it's hands only for the dr to tell me it was sucking it's own toes!!

Do get really stiff neck trying to crane round the arm of whoever is doing the scan - they could really do with another monitor in easy eyeview for us.

[Kelster]

I have my 20 weeks scan next week. Really hope the sonographer keeps the sex to themselves!

I would be so upset to ruin the surprise!

[buggie]

.... then tell them as soon as you get in there that you don't want to know - I've ended up having 7 scans during my pregnancy and am still in blissful ignorance!! Obv there is a small chance that bubs may have a different idea and greet the probe legs akimbo (2 colleagues have had their babies spoil the surprise for them!) but don't think it's that common/if the chaps doing the scan know you don't want to know they can quickly move the probe!

[Princess]

They were brilliant with us. We told them we didn't want to know if it was a boy or a girl as soon as we walked in. When she needed to look at the baby's thigh bone in more detail she told us to look away from the monitor so we didn't see anything. I dutifully looked away (I REALLY didn't want to know) but hubby couldn't contain himself and gasped when he saw it was a boy. We then left having a huge row that he then knew and I didn't!