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I feel like I’m missing out! I keep seeing all these moms in every group I’m in talking about their multiple ultrasounds throughout pregnancy. I had one at 8+6 and my next is next week (20+6) for my anatomy scan. Should I expect to not see baby again after that until much later? I wish I had updates for my family and friends that constantly ask but the last two appointments have just been checking with a Doppler and quick in and out appointments checking in on symptoms etc. is this the norm and I’m just hyper aware to extra ultrasounds?
I feel incredibly lucky to have had a so far complication free pregnancy, but I want to see my babe just as much as the next!

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It depends which country you live in. In the UK we have only the 12 week scan and 20 week scan on the NHS. There’s quite a few private scan places you can go to before, in between and after these to catch another look at baby but you have to pay for those and they are not medically based so if there is a problem they can only tell you to seek medical advice. At our antenatal appointments we see the midwife (if you have midwife led care) who checks blood pressure, height and weight, and listens to baby’s heartbeat and offers information based on you as an individual and how far you are in your pregnancy. If your pregnancy is high risk I believe you have consultant led care and I think they offer you more scans to check everything is progressing as it should be. Not sure if this helps much but this is how it is in the UK! 🥰

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Is there an ultrasound boutique in your area? My OB also didn’t offer many ultrasounds, only check ups with the Doppler most times. I went at 16 weeks to a ultrasound boutique just so I can see baby move around and get some pictures. We also got a bear with my baby’s heartbeat in it. And then at 31 weeks we did a 4D ultrasound

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I'm newly pregnant and was told I'll only get three ultrasounds throughout pregnancy. My friend counted her ultrasound pics and has over 90 photos. I don't get it...

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It’s very typical to only have 2 ultrasounds. I’ve had weekly ultrasounds but I’m high risk. Everyone’s pregnancy will be different but if you have a healthy pregnancy 2-3 ultrasounds is very very normal!

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As someone who had to go back for 3 anatomy scans this pregnancy because baby just would not move into the right position....they are not that glamorous after awhile. I'm not sure if its common for all pregnancies, but I'm nearing the time where I'll have one every week until baby is born. As much as I love seeing my baby on the screen, the commute and surplus of appointments is just exhausting. I did do back to back pregnancies so maybe I'm just over it in general. 🤷‍♀️ (I do feel where you are coming from though. There does seem to be a looooong stretch between anatomy scan and the 32 week scan that just seems endless.)

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I will have 4 for sure and I paid privately for 1 because we wanted to know gender of baby for my husband's birthday which was 18 weeks instead of 20 weeks.
I had first one at 12/13 weeks dating scan, 20 week scan and had to go back for a second scan cause babe wasn't cooperating, and I will have one more next week at 32 weeks due to a low laying placenta and needing to check and make sure it is moving up out of the way of my cervix.

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Sounds like you’re lucky to have a healthy pregnancy! I need ultrasounds due to past complications.

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If you do fertility treatments, you generally get more. We did IVF. I’m 9 weeks and I’ve had three so far.

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I’m extremely high risk and have had probably 10-15 scans not including ER visits. People tell me I’m so lucky I get to see the baby all the time, I tell them it’s only because I’m a hot mess. If you don’t need more than two or three scans, count that as a blessing.

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We do 3 ultrasounds in Australia. The last one being at 20weeks.

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