full bladder at 13 week scan??

elixir · Feb 13th, 2010, 02:20 AM

hi ladies, quick question. for my 13 week external scan, do i need a full bladder? i know u need a full bladder early on at 7 or 8 weeks, but what about 13 weeks?thanks

babybear81 · Feb 13th, 2010, 02:40 AM

my letter with my scan date on for 12 week scan says I need to drink a pint of water an hour before my appt. good luck with your scan x

mumoftwins200 · Feb 13th, 2010, 04:42 AM

The more u drink the clearer the scan will be! Drink as much as u can hold without being in pain or desperately needing the loo! The bladder pushes the uterus up and u can see more and it's clearer! Good luck for ur scan xxxxxx

Teeny Weeny · Feb 13th, 2010, 04:50 AM

My letter says that I don't need to have a full bladder..so to be on the safe side perhaps you could give them a call? x

Choc1985 · Feb 13th, 2010, 05:34 AM

i drank a pint an hour b4 and wen i got there i had to go to the toilet it was hurtin that bad xx

blahblahblah · Feb 13th, 2010, 06:04 AM

Ideally you should have a full bladder, it makes it easier for them to see baby.

What I've heard is that slim people can often get away with it not being so full, but ladies of a larger size need bladder pushed forward more as they have to see past the flab too! Don't know how accurate that is.

Anyway, if your bladder is too full they will tell you to have a wee before they carry on. You can get it out more quickly than get more in. And if you don't drink enough and they can't see, that's when the dreaded internal scan might happen.

There is normally a loo very near by - at my local hospital there is one either side of the scan room!

FierceAngel · Feb 13th, 2010, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by blahblahblah

Ideally you should have a full bladder, it makes it easier for them to see baby.

What I've heard is that slim people can often get away with it not being so full, but ladies of a larger size need bladder pushed forward more as they have to see past the flab too! Don't know how accurate that is.

Anyway, if your bladder is too full they will tell you to have a wee before they carry on. You can get it out more quickly than get more in. And if you don't drink enough and they can't see, that's when the dreaded internal scan might happen.

There is normally a loo very near by - at my local hospital there is one either side of the scan room!

i second the above

babydeabreu · Feb 13th, 2010, 07:17 AM

i was told by my midwife to go there with a full bladder to help to see the baby more easily. once i got there it did help but it was hard to to wee myself when she pushed down hard lol but after a while she told me to go empty it to help see the baby more as my little one was jumping around alot

good luck hope all goes well xx

cherryglitter · Feb 13th, 2010, 07:28 AM

I went to mine with a full bladder.. it was painful! I drank a little bit too much!

You need one for your 20 week scan too

xx

Serenity81 · Feb 13th, 2010, 12:48 PM

Hi, I just had a private scan at 6wks 5days and he told me to empty my bladder!! He said that it is only certain NHS trusts that ask for your bladder to be full so as their job is made easier as everything in their opinion is made clearer but he said he has been scanning pregnant women for many years and doesn't find it necessary and right enough everything was seen as clear as day. I remember having to go for my first scan at the hospital in my last pregnancy and almost wetting myself as my bladder was too full. I found it a really uncomfortable experience but then for my 20 week scan they said not to bother having a full bladder. I think it just seems to depend where you are in the country as different nhs trusts have different rules for these things xxxx

Feb 13th, 2010, 02:20 AM	#1
elixir Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 237	full bladder at 13 week scan?? hi ladies, quick question. for my 13 week external scan, do i need a full bladder? i know u need a full bladder early on at 7 or 8 weeks, but what about 13 weeks?thanks

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Feb 13th, 2010, 02:40 AM	#2
babybear81 Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 40	my letter with my scan date on for 12 week scan says I need to drink a pint of water an hour before my appt. good luck with your scan x

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Feb 13th, 2010, 04:42 AM	#3
mumoftwins200 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: liverpool Posts: 38	The more u drink the clearer the scan will be! Drink as much as u can hold without being in pain or desperately needing the loo! The bladder pushes the uterus up and u can see more and it's clearer! Good luck for ur scan xxxxxx

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Feb 13th, 2010, 04:50 AM	#4
Teeny Weeny Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kent, England Posts: 867	My letter says that I don't need to have a full bladder..so to be on the safe side perhaps you could give them a call? x

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Feb 13th, 2010, 05:34 AM	#5
Choc1985 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 231	i drank a pint an hour b4 and wen i got there i had to go to the toilet it was hurtin that bad xx

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Feb 13th, 2010, 06:04 AM	#6
blahblahblah Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 2,408	Ideally you should have a full bladder, it makes it easier for them to see baby. What I've heard is that slim people can often get away with it not being so full, but ladies of a larger size need bladder pushed forward more as they have to see past the flab too! Don't know how accurate that is. Anyway, if your bladder is too full they will tell you to have a wee before they carry on. You can get it out more quickly than get more in. And if you don't drink enough and they can't see, that's when the dreaded internal scan might happen. There is normally a loo very near by - at my local hospital there is one either side of the scan room!

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babydeabreu Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: west London Posts: 4,906	i was told by my midwife to go there with a full bladder to help to see the baby more easily. once i got there it did help but it was hard to to wee myself when she pushed down hard lol but after a while she told me to go empty it to help see the baby more as my little one was jumping around alot good luck hope all goes well xx

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Feb 13th, 2010, 07:28 AM	#9
cherryglitter Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 12,960	I went to mine with a full bladder.. it was painful! I drank a little bit too much! You need one for your 20 week scan too xx

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Feb 13th, 2010, 12:48 PM	#10
Serenity81 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dundee, Scotland Posts: 1,432	Hi, I just had a private scan at 6wks 5days and he told me to empty my bladder!! He said that it is only certain NHS trusts that ask for your bladder to be full so as their job is made easier as everything in their opinion is made clearer but he said he has been scanning pregnant women for many years and doesn't find it necessary and right enough everything was seen as clear as day. I remember having to go for my first scan at the hospital in my last pregnancy and almost wetting myself as my bladder was too full. I found it a really uncomfortable experience but then for my 20 week scan they said not to bother having a full bladder. I think it just seems to depend where you are in the country as different nhs trusts have different rules for these things xxxx

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