XKatX

I just need some help from you great guys! As you know, I work in a hospital and can basically get a scan whenver I like.
My dilema is this - I have managed to wait 3 weeks since my last scan and would really love to wait til 12 weeks so that the difference is really marked. Everyday is a real battle not to walk into the department! I try and avoid the sonographer at all costs!
Should I have a sneaky scan, just so I know everything is ok, or hold off til the 12 weeks? The wait is killing me!
I know this must sound awful for you poor things that have to have them booked, but I half wish the temptation wasn't there! It makes my working day very difficult!!!
Please help!!!!!

Rumpskin

I wouldnt personally do it. I think it will spoil the surprise.

But hey, it is your decision lovely xx

toriaaaaTRASH

I'd be too worried that that many scans would harm baby

nikky0907

I would totally do it...But don't listen to me,my self-control is pretty much zero,not to mention my waiting abilities...

Ria_Rose

If it were me I'd do it, but then that's just because I reeeeaaaalllllly can't wait for my first scan. However I think I'd worry that my collegues might think I was taking advantage of my position, so be careful

Maybe it would be best to wait and sneak in a few more scans later on when there is more to see and you never know what concerns you might have down the line and want to check up on.

cheryl

If it was me I would have to have one LOL. I am very impatient LOL.
Its completly upto you hun maybe if you can wait a little longer you will see a bigger difference.
Luv Cheryl xxx

Jemima

If it were up to me, I would walk around with a sonograph (is that what they are called?!) strapped to me all day watching the bean!

Is it okay for the baby to have scans so regularly? If it's safe, I'd go for it!

leeanne

There was some controversy awhile back about whether or not too many scans do harm the baby. I honestly don't know what was made of it.

At the same time, private scan clinics are all over now and if there was a health risk, I would imagine they wouldn't have private clinics.

It certainly would be hard to have the temptation right there in front of you. Not sure what I would do, really.

Ann-Marie

Twud be verrry tempting
But as said above, they're still investigating whether or not sending sonogram waves into the womb to often, harms the baby. It's thought that it could raise the temp of the baby, and affect the growth and development of tissue if done too often or for too long at a time.
You can go for private scans that last for 45 mins, but again, the 'boutique' scan clinics aren't as watched as the hospitals, and there aren't any firm guidelines yet into what qualifications they need. This is gonna change though, hopefully.
Ask the sonographers their opinion on having alot of scans, and see what they reckon.... ( you could even use going to ask that question as a roundabout way of getting another scan )

tinkerbelll

if that was me, the sonographer and me would be on first names terms by now!
i'd have one (actually i did!) i had 1 at 7, 9 ,11 and 16 weeks and each time i could see a big difference