Feel shaky after 20 week scan?

[Lydia161290]

Hey all. I had my 20 week scan today. i'm 20 + 3 with first baby.
I was nervous/excited but overall calm when I went in. There was a student technician and a normal one supervising.

Well anyway. They checked the baby and all, with the screen turned away from me most of the time which really pissed me off. Baby was in a real awkward position and wouldn't entertain the scan. It wanted to be left well an truly alone. (stubborn, like it's father) [grins]

They couldn't check everything, even though they tried to when they kept poking and prodding. Both of them had a go and really dug the stupid thing into me to try and nudge the baby. It was so uncomfortable and I'm not usually one to moan. At one point I was like 'ooooh, this hurts'

Anyway, after that was done she said that she wants to re-scan me in two weeks and for me to drink more water before I come in. The only good things that came out of it was the heartbeat, seeing it move and finding out i'm having a boy.

But after all that ordeal and not knowing if my child is completely okay. I've been having these weird shakes. Is it just anxiety or what? I'm resting in bed now. I think I'm overwhelmed. I just wanted everything to be okay to rest my mind and I still don't know if it's not.

sigh

I'm not as far along as you Lydia (16 weeks) but I've had lots of complications so have already had about 5 abdominal scans and while a few have been a bit uncomfortable, none have been painful. So it sounds a bit unnecessary. Although maybe others who have had the 20-week scan will be along soon to give their experiences.

Maybe tell the sonographer next time that you'll have to stop the scan if she treats you so roughly again.

I hope a good night's sleep helps you feel better and that all goes well at the next one.

I think it's normal in some hospitals not to show you the screen until everything has been confirmed as okay. I've seen a couple of threads on similar things. It just sounds as though she wasn't able to get a couple of results because of the baby's position. I had similar issues at mine and they couldn't do a nuchal measurement. I did encourage her to poke about a lot though which was, at some points, a wee bit painful but I wanted her to get the measurement she needed.

Just focus on the heartbeat and the results they did manage to get, and look forward to seeing the baby again. I get how awful it must feel though, it's so nerve racking going in there and to come out without answers no wonder you're overwhelmed.

My 20w scan was a little painful, baby was in an awkward position so the sonographer had difficulty finding all four chambers of the heart. The photo we got was also really rubbish, the baby just looked like a grainy fat blob.

I cried when I came out and couldn't really talk to anyone about it for about a week afterwards - a completely different experience to the 12wk scan where I got a perfect photo and wanted to show everyone!

Be gentle with yourself, pregnany is such a rollercoaster and no wonder you're a bit shaky having not gotten full reassurance yet.

I had a student at my 12 week scan who properly bashed me about. It was very uncomfortable and had micro bruises on the skin (ie was sore to touch) for 3 days afterwards. My 20 week scan wasn't as uncomfortable as there was no student 'having a play' - yes these were the actual words used!

I also couldn't see much, espcially after having to roll away for much of it, which was frustrating, altough my OH had a great view (even more annoying to me) but headlines was baby was fine so all ok.

Definitely drink more - if you're anything like me I always get sent to empty my bladder halfway through to give them more wriggle room - and if there's a student, you can say no, just explain that it was painful last time and you'd rather not. Good luck with round two.

That doesn't sound like a very nice experience, sorry to hear that.
I had trouble at my 3 month scan, baby was doing a head stand for most of it. So while they did press quite hard, they tried various things to get the baby to move position. They had me wriggle around on the bed, roll from one side to the other, they sent me out for a walk, to empty my bladder, to refill my bladder, to eat something sugary, for another walk and then they tipped the bed so I was lying with my head a foot below my feet. It ended up just being funny in the end. Hope it goes better next time :)

Thanks everyone for your replies. I had a sleep and feel much better. I get students need to learn, but by god. An I could tell the actual sonographer was aware I was becoming uncomfortable.

Kind of guiltily loved the fact that my child kept flipping her off. Good baby. Mummy's boy already

Crafty My picture she gave me looks like a monkey. He had his foot in his mouth. sigh

that sounds like a really cute picture!