First scan pictures - free?

Hanna · Jul 6th, 2009, 09:00 AM

Just got my letter confirming my first scan date (this Friday) with NHS.

The letter says you have to buy a token (£3) if you want a picture of the baby!! God knows what you do with the token then!! My mum says maybe it is like a photo machine you use when you want a passport photo!!!

They say you have to have the right change in pound coins and buy a token in the waiting area.

I thought this was very cheeky of them, but I guess it's the NHS! Shall I buy two? Or will one get me several pictures?

hairyhaggis · Jul 6th, 2009, 09:04 AM

when i had my early scan few weeks ago the woman gave me 3 pictures
i asked her do i have too pay

her reply, nonsense ma love i dont believe in all that

no where charges up here so is this a new thing then?

bluehorse · Jul 6th, 2009, 09:16 AM

They said the same in our hospital- £5 per photo in pound coins. When we got there the machine was broken so the midwife printed off our photos. She couldn't decide which one was best so she gave us two for £5!

N474lie · Jul 6th, 2009, 09:29 AM

I had scan on Friday and They didnt charge me and my OH.

Most prob have to pay now when my 12 week scan comes.

Diana · Jul 6th, 2009, 09:30 AM

I'm in the USA so I'm not sure how it works but that sounds like fun! Good luck!

MummyToAmberx · Jul 6th, 2009, 09:30 AM

in waiting area, was a machine put money in got paper tokens, give them to person scanning you, in return you get your pictures.
greedy pigs!

Mummy~L · Jul 6th, 2009, 09:33 AM

At the hospital near me they are £3 each!! When I had my 12 week scan the lady who did it gave us 2 pics for £3 but at my 20 week scan got 1 pic for £3 xx

MissRhead · Jul 6th, 2009, 09:46 AM

Here its £2 for 2 pictures. I think im going to get a few hehe x

lottie_2007 · Jul 6th, 2009, 09:48 AM

When I had an early scan I got a pic for free but with my 12 week scan with lottie and this baby and lottie's 20 wk one the phots were £5 each!! X

anothersquish · Jul 6th, 2009, 09:59 AM

Mine is the whole token thing too (different from when I had my son!) £3 per token that gets you one photo. I know it costs them to print them but not £3 each, tis called taking advantage because how many people could bear to come away without a scan photo of baby???

Jul 6th, 2009, 09:00 AM	#1
Hanna Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 399	First scan pictures - free? Just got my letter confirming my first scan date (this Friday) with NHS. The letter says you have to buy a token (£3) if you want a picture of the baby!! God knows what you do with the token then!! My mum says maybe it is like a photo machine you use when you want a passport photo!!! They say you have to have the right change in pound coins and buy a token in the waiting area. I thought this was very cheeky of them, but I guess it's the NHS! Shall I buy two? Or will one get me several pictures?

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Jul 6th, 2009, 09:04 AM	#2
hairyhaggis Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: john o groats, scotland Posts: 30	when i had my early scan few weeks ago the woman gave me 3 pictures i asked her do i have too pay her reply, nonsense ma love i dont believe in all that no where charges up here so is this a new thing then?

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Jul 6th, 2009, 09:16 AM	#3
bluehorse Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 739	They said the same in our hospital- £5 per photo in pound coins. When we got there the machine was broken so the midwife printed off our photos. She couldn't decide which one was best so she gave us two for £5!

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Jul 6th, 2009, 09:29 AM	#4
N474lie Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 316	I had scan on Friday and They didnt charge me and my OH. Most prob have to pay now when my 12 week scan comes.

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Jul 6th, 2009, 09:30 AM	#5
Diana Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 710	I'm in the USA so I'm not sure how it works but that sounds like fun! Good luck!

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Jul 6th, 2009, 09:30 AM	#6
MummyToAmberx Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 11,185	in waiting area, was a machine put money in got paper tokens, give them to person scanning you, in return you get your pictures. greedy pigs!

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Jul 6th, 2009, 09:33 AM	#7
Mummy~L Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 3,365	At the hospital near me they are £3 each!! When I had my 12 week scan the lady who did it gave us 2 pics for £3 but at my 20 week scan got 1 pic for £3 xx

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Jul 6th, 2009, 09:46 AM	#8
MissRhead Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Crewe Posts: 1,959	Here its £2 for 2 pictures. I think im going to get a few hehe x

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Jul 6th, 2009, 09:48 AM	#9
lottie_2007 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: STAFFORDSHIRE Posts: 4,460	When I had an early scan I got a pic for free but with my 12 week scan with lottie and this baby and lottie's 20 wk one the phots were £5 each!! X

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Jul 6th, 2009, 09:59 AM	#10
anothersquish Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,415	Mine is the whole token thing too (different from when I had my son!) £3 per token that gets you one photo. I know it costs them to print them but not £3 each, tis called taking advantage because how many people could bear to come away without a scan photo of baby???

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