Anyone know how many ppl can go with you for your 20 wk scan?

[MummyToASassy4yrOld]

Hi ladies,
I'm 20 weeks on Christmas Day and got my 20 week scan on the 28th Dec at the hospital. Just wondering if you know how many ppl can come with you to that scan. Obviously my husband is going to be there but want my little girl to come and my mum if possible but not sure how many ppl can go in. I would presume 2 ppl and a child would be fine but not too sure. Thought I would ask on here. Seeing the midwife Thursday so she may know if not.
Thanks in advance. xxc

My children are close in age and it didn’t occur to me to check about bringing my eldest (around 15 months at the time). My husband and her came in, it was fine. When she played up, he left the room with her.

As others have said, ring the hospital. My local one was a strict one person no children hospital too.

This has to be a wind up surely? Especially the grammar

I took my eldest to a private scan at Mothercare, it cost £39. It was a quick scan 10 minutes and a lot more suitable for 'spectators' as the sonographer is used to chatting and explaining everything.
The anomalies scan in hospital is longer and more focussed, boring for a young child even without bad news.

I haven't rtft.
My local hospital allows one extra adult initially - so mum plus dad for example. Then after everything is confirmed to be ok, measurements taken etc, other adults and children are allowed in. So if just mum dad and children turned up then it would be just mum on her own, til everything is ok, then dad and the children could go in.

Another poster who doesn't like facts .

If you go private say to a clinic that does 4d scans any amount of people can go.i witnessed 10 people waiting to find out the sex of the baby when I went arc28 weeks

One person usually
Not sure it's the right place for a child

It’s a medical screening examination.

I realise this is sensitive for you, OP, but the thing is, some of us have, unfortunately, been in the position of being told some worrying stuff at these scans, and know that the ‘let everyone have a look ‘ approach is....not necessarily compatible with a medical environment.

It is a busy unit, busy waiting room, they don’t have time to do the screening scan, then wait while you call in your child and they do a bit of the scan again!

You are being understandably enthusiastic, and excited, but a bit unrealistic.

I had to take my older child in - I had no-one to look after him.

He sat on a chair in the corner, after I'd assured him I was fine.

Like others have said - this isn't a 'have a look at your baby' situation - it's a medical test, they're going to measure bits, and make sure everything's as it should be - it's not sightseeing!

Please dont bring your child.

I brought my daughter to my 20 week scan and all she saw was her parents crying and making a decision that any parent would find heart breaking.

Pay for a private scan please.

Take your husband and get your Mum to look after your little girl. If everything is ok then book a private scan to take them to. It’s completely inappropriate to take a child to an anomaly scan. When I went for mine there were barely enough chairs in the waiting room for the pregnant ladies, let alone family members. My scan took forever and required three different sonographers and a couple of walks around the department. I was lucky, everything eventually worked out ok, but having had a scan where a problem was detected, I can say with certainty that having a small child there would have been distressing for everyone.

OP I have a child (DS2) who was born with an abnormality that needed surgery. The last thing I would have wanted to do was involve DS1 with anything to do with it, I wanted to protect him from it as much as possible.

I think your original post assumes that everything will be OK with the baby and all you are worrying about is how many people will be allowed to be with you. People are gently telling you to consider that the scan is a medical procedure and not the right environment for a child. I hope that everything goes well at the scan.

I agree with the pp who have recommended you pay for separate private scan after the anomaly scan has taken place.

The NHS is extremely busy and appointment time can be tight so they might not have time to have various visitors swap places to see the baby. It would also be terrible if something were to be wrong and your little one was either in the room or just outside.

OP not a single person has been rude on this post apart from you. And for NO good reason. I won't engage with you again or answer any future posts. You're rude.

People like you are why the NHS is on its knees.

Jiggly, slight overreaction.

I don't think anyone has given you negative lectures. I think people have been sensible and told you some heartbreaking personal experiences and offered some good advice.
My 20 week scan felt like it took forever doing loads of measurements, making sure my baby's organs were okay and it was pretty intense. The sonographer was amazing but I couldn't imagine her job being easy with everyone and their mums around firing questions and making conversation.
People do get told awful things at these scans. People can come away heartbroken. Just take your partner.

My hospital let me buy a photo for a couple of £ and I took that back to show everyone. Just do that or pay for a private scan

You're lucky enough to have a parent who can help you out. Get her to take your child to the park and hope you're one of the lucky ones who gets good news at the scan.

A hospital is no place for a young child.

Plus, spare a thought for other patients who might not be so lucky; some of whom might have been trying for a long time only to get bad news. Do you think having your happy healthy child there might make it even harder for them?

If you think scans are just to show your child her sibling then pay for a private one!

Zzzzz- . It's posters like you who are brave enough to share their experiences that help to make others more sensitive and empathetic in my view. This OP might have ignored you, but others won't.

Op you need to listen to the polite and sensible advice you have been given instead of going off in a strop because you aren't hearing what you want to. Taking your child is totally inappropriate and you should care more about the potential impacts on her if heaven forbid there were to be bad news at that scan. Your posts are doing nothing to persuade me that you see this as anything but a fun spectator event-it's not, it's a serious medical procedure. I hope for your sake you are never brought crashing back to earth by receiving the kind of horrible news many couples have in that room. Bluntly, it sounds like you need to grow up a bit.

I don’t think it is. The OP is seeing her MW on Thursday so she can ask her then. But no, she’s going to call the hospital this morning, meaning someone who is trying to work proving healthcare is going to have to stop what they’re doing to answer the OP’s pointless call.

AN clinic waiting rooms are full to bursting and lots of women will be hearing absolutely devastating news. The OP knows that and she doesn’t care.

It’s a shitty entitled attitude which contributes to chronic stress among NHS employees and staff shortages

And @zzzzz you shouldn’t have to spell it out

My local hospital- 1 other adult, no children.