Scan at 10am.. I want to take DC out of school.

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Basically that.. would I be unreasonable to take them out for a couple of hours, then straight to school from the hospital.

DC are 4 and 5.
I want to take them with me for the scan.. it's the sexing scan and I'd love for them to be there.

It is 10am so they'd be back at school by 11:30 at the latest.

This will be our last baby and can't afford to have a 4D one during a half term.

Too young. And inappropriate imo

Sorry

Is it a private gender scan? If so then I suppose you could, I personally wouldn't though.

If it's the anomaly scan then yabvu

I wouldn't. There's always the chance that something untoward will be detected. Just find a nice way to tell them when they get home.

I personally wouldn't I don't see the point x

my hospital wouldn't even let you take them in! Totally inappropriate, just tell them the sex when they get home from school.

You can book a private 2d scan after for them. They don't cost as much as a 4d scan.
Also isn't the 20 week scan the anomaly scan?

A sexing scan or the 20week anomaly scan? I wasn’t aware the nhs offered a separate sexing scan... if the latter then totally inappropriate and I’m sure the letter for mine said not to bring children.

Hang on, is it the 20 week anomaly scan? If so then definitely not.

The teachers would have worked so hard to settle everyone into new classes. A bit disruptive to take them out unless there's a reason like illness.

I don't think i would be appropriate to take them along. You and the staff will be less distracted without them there.

No. Make them a surprise gender reveal cake or something for after school. There's loads of stuff you can do to reveal the surprise to them without taking them to the scan.

You would be disrupting their education and probably causing a faff at the hospital which is why a lot of hospitals don't allow young children at scans.

Is this your 20 week scan? If so, I wouldn't be taking dc at all, there are a lot of things the sonographer needs to look at, to make sure all is well and healthy with the baby, not just the sex. Children can be very distracting, and god forbid if anything was to go wrong then it would be awful to have your dc there too.
At 4&5 I doubt they would be very interested in a detailed scan either tbh. Show them a picture afterwards, and if you do find out the sex then you can tell them in your own way.

I don't think you will be allowed to take them in anyway. I took my kids into work and scanned myself to show them the baby when I was pg - they were completely underwhelmed and lasted about 2 minutes before they wanted to do something else.

Don't think you should take them out of school for this. Just tell them later

If its the NHS scan, yes totally unreasonable.

If its a private one largely for seeing the baby then I can see it could actually be a really interesting experience but why not book one at a time they can go, eg after school, Saturday morning or whatever.

I wouldn't- the 20 week scan isn't just for the gender, and I wouldn't want them there on the off chance something isn't 100%

If it's your 20 week scan, it's not just a 'sexing' scan, it's a check for a large number of anomalies. I wouldn't take them - even if they're allowed in, it would be better to allow the sonographer to concentrate. Maybe get the person doing the scan to write the sex and put it in an envelope for you all to open together later?

Ridiculous idea imo.

Me & dh took our eldest who is 2 to my latest scan for baby number 3 Monday and he was super cute when he could hear the heart beat, mine was a private scan though ( you can take up to 6 people in with you)

It it's nhs I don't know if they will allow it?
You also need to think if anything was unfortunately wrong with the scan a 4 & 5 year old unlike my 2 year old are old enough to understand Mummy is sad

If its the anatomy scan then you probably won't even be allowed to take them in and even if you are allowed its not advised in case they find something wrong. I did take DD out of school to go to my scan last week but that was because it was far away and if she didn't come with us she would have been home alone for hours but she couldn't and didn't come into the room for the actual scan.

My ds had bilateral talipes (club feet) detected at 20 weeks. . Wouldn't have wanted my dc to see me in the state I was. .
Buy them a coloured muffin on the way home instead!

20 week NHS scan? Highly inappropriate. It's not a sexing scan it's a health check.

There was a relatively small problem with my dd identified at the 20 week scan and I cried. Hearing anything - no matter how small - is wrong with your baby is distressing. Her issue involved medication from birth with the possibility of surgery not long after. My head was spinning and I didn't fully take it all in. No chance with kids to watch as well.

Plus those waiting rooms tend to be busy. I wouldn't thank you for a hoard of kids taking up space especially if I was there for something upsetting.

Don't do it.

Given OP has said she can't afford a private scan we can assume this is the NHS one. OP this would a very very bad idea. It's an anomaly scan. You can't take children. Plus it's wrong to take them out of school.

Oh and she wouldn't play ball getting into the right position so there was lots of hanging around while I jumped, walked and drank cold oj.

No. It's not a sex scan. It's a detailed scan on how your baby is developing.

Sorry, I enraged me when people see it as a sex scan. It's so much more important than that.