Too many scans?

[ftmworries]

I am 13 weeks pregnant and have so far had 3 ultrasound scans - 1 private early viability one as had some pain and was worried, NHS dating scan which found I was actually only 10w so had another at 12w. Baby is absolutely fine as far as anyone can tell. Booked in for next NHS scan at 19w.
This is our first baby and took a long time TTC. DH is gutted he hasn't been able to go to scans (he was at 1st one but baby was just a little bean with a flicker of a heartbeat). I've booked a private scan for 16w as found a private clinic where he is still allowed in with me. Must add that I'm also very anxious and the reassurance will be good for me too I think, while I can't feel baby and have no bump etc I'm struggling to believe it.
Told my DM and she said 'too many aren't good'. I can't find much to support this on google but obviously I'm fretting I'll be harming my baby and that I should cancel it but feel so upset for my DH.
Can someone put my mind at ease? I might be being totally stupid but I don't know what to do for the best.

@ftmworries this is a great article
www.babycentre.co.uk/a1014487/are-ultrasound-scans-safe
2d scans are very low risk because they barely increase your body heat so it does no harm to the baby.

My consultant gynaecologist scans me every month. He did the same with my first 2 babies. They've turned out fine. I assume he does it with all of his patients, and wouldn't if there was any danger - it's his job to know, after all. Don't feel guilty about an extra scan, I'm sure your baby will not be damaged at all by it. If you're worried about it, can you ask your doctor or midwife for their opinion, maybe that would help reassure you?

I had lots of scans with dd2, 2 early scans because she was ivf, nhs dating scan, private gender scan, nhs anomaly scan and then monthly growth scans. Plenty of people have even more scans than that, I'd not worry about if you can

Scans for medical reasons are fine because their benefit outweighs the risk but having additional ones I could not justify, there's a risk even if minuscule and because frequent scanning is a new phenomenon only over time will they possibly notice adverse effects. I had one with each of mine at 18 weeks, I'm really not sure why any more are needed?

Complete nonsense in my view. I had 11 scans with DS 3 years ago for various reasons. All health related, I didnt have any private ones. Not one consultant/doctor/midwife batted an eyelid at the number I had/was having amd DS is perfectly healthy.

I would honestly say there are lots of things to worry about in pregnancy, and this is not one of them.

@okiedokieme it depends on individual circumstances and its wonderful that your pregnancy went swimmingly but not everyone is in that situations. Others have bleeding, complications, all sorts.

Thank you all. My anxiety is playing up and finding it all a bit hard. My midwife is great with mental health and I'm getting the correct support so I'm hoping it eases again.

@okiedokieme as stated the 3 scans I have had already were for medical need, as is the further NHS one I have booked. Routinely now, more than 1 scan is done on every pregnant woman in the UK.

I've had 6 at just 19 weeks and I'm having fortnightly ones for the forseeable. These have all been essential medical ones though so there's never been any debate over whether they might harm the baby as without them the risk is greater. I think if you have few medical ones a couple of private ones won't do any harm.

I had extra scans because of gestational diabetes, AND all of the scans were done twice because dd was in an awkward position every bloody time! I should have seen that as a warning sign, she's stubborn as a mule 🤣

I have one every 4 weeks medical reasons. I did loads of research about the risks as I was worried about this. I couldn't find anything backed and conclusive to say there was a risk.

I've had the equivalent of a scan for every week so far! Loads of bleeding and issues plus a private one for gender. It's fine - don't worry.

Lots of women have regular scans throughout pregnancy for a variety of reasons. I've had scans around 6, 9, 14, 17, 20 and 23 weeks.

I’ve had 5 scans so far, 25 weeks now and all is well. My first two were early, private scans - I had 2 consecutive miscarriages last year so
I wanted to know that all was well but didn’t qualify for any nhs early scans so we paid. Then had the 12 week nhs one, then private at 16 so we could find out the sex of our baby and also extra reassurance that all was still well - so pleased we did that as by my 20 week scan partners were no longer allowed so I’m very grateful we found out the sex of our baby together. So my three extra ones weren’t strictly medically necessary but were extremely helpful for my anxiety given my past experiences.

I’ve had about 7 and I’m 16 weeks.
Ivf baby so was very anxious and also had bleeding and pains. The scans really reassured me and helped me stop worrying, but that only lasts so long, at one point I was having almost weekly scans. I haven’t had a scan for 3 weeks and have now gone and booked a reassurance for tomorow and have my gender reveal scan next week, Aftet that I’m just having my 20 week scan and hopefully a 4d when I’m much further into the pregnancy. If it helps you worry less have as many as you want to. I’ve googled and it says theirs no known risks x