private scan?

hi girls
sorry about all the questions!
i just posted a thread about going on holidays at 9 weeks for 2 weeks. i have decided to go for an early scan.
does this have to be a private scan? from reading old threads i see that they cost about 100.
what week can you go from?
i am in the london area

cheers girls!

mine was private and cost £50 in the portsmouth area

I think you can only get an early scan if you have previously had complications, otherwise you have to wait until 12 weeks.

They call it a dating scan where I went which at a place called first view imaging.
You may be worth searching in google for dating scan to find some websites in your area x

thanks for the advice mellllly!

mine was private and cost £50 in the portsmouth area

I think you can only get an early scan if you have previously had complications, otherwise you have to wait until 12 weeks.

They call it a dating scan where I went which at a place called first view imaging.
You may be worth searching in google for dating scan to find some websites in your area x

Can I ask where you went? I went to a place in Cosham and it cost me £80!

£50-£75 has been quoted by ladies in my area who've had a dating scan before 12 weeks privately.

If you do pay for one after 8 weeks, don't tell your midwife as there have been a lot of cases recently (all over the UK) where ladies have been refused a 12 week scan on the NHS, as anything over 8 weeks is considered to be replacing the 12 week dating scan. If you pay privately you can request that the scan is kept quiet!

thats really good advide snowgirl
anybody get on in east london?

£50-£75 has been quoted by ladies in my area who've had a dating scan before 12 weeks privately.

If you do pay for one after 8 weeks, don't tell your midwife as there have been a lot of cases recently (all over the UK) where ladies have been refused a 12 week scan on the NHS, as anything over 8 weeks is considered to be replacing the 12 week dating scan. If you pay privately you can request that the scan is kept quiet!

I had a feeling that might happen so I have decided not to tell my m/w, i'm going for a scan tomorrow when I'll be 8 weeks.

I think its so wrong that it may replace the 12 week scan.

I had a feeling that might happen so I have decided not to tell my m/w, i'm going for a scan tomorrow when I'll be 8 weeks.

I think its so wrong that it may replace the 12 week scan.

They try to cut costs wherever they can! Not nice for us though as we rely on these scans for reassurance so they are much needed.

Good luck for tomorrow :)

Everywhere is different depending on your NHS trust. Mine gives every woman an early scan to confirm pregnancy and give a date xxx

mine was private and cost £50 in the portsmouth area

I think you can only get an early scan if you have previously had complications, otherwise you have to wait until 12 weeks.

They call it a dating scan where I went which at a place called first view imaging.
You may be worth searching in google for dating scan to find some websites in your area x

Can I ask where you went? I went to a place in Cosham and it cost me £80!

Yeh sure - It was Cams Hall in Fareham called First View Imaging xx

I had a private scan at 8 weeks and it cost £85.00. Worth every penny.xx

thankis for your replies - i am sorry about all the questions but should i just book it through any hospital (not the one that i am attending) and not mention it to my gp??
i have decided 100% getting one!

The ladies who have had this trouble (on an IVF forum I use) have told others to book a scan and tell the private clinic not to send results to their GP's. I can go to a place called Proscan in my area and I'd just ring them directly to book it.

I have been looking all afternoon for places doing private scans in london.
I think the most convienent and cheapest for me is
http://www.babypremier.co.uk -112 harley street
£95 - I am going to book it for when I am 7 or 8 weeks (If i can last that long!)