Partners allowed into scans in Wales but not in England 😔

[Jazzy1990]

I was so happy to see this article but then realised it’s for people that live in Wales. My anomaly scan is 2 weeks and praying and hoping everyday that they lift the restrictions for scans. Anyone else have any info on the time frame partners will be allowed into scans?

The article: www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-wales-53510761

My trust is allowing partners for 20 week scan only atm x

I should add that I'm in Lancashire, UK

@Bl0ndi3 Oh you’re so very lucky. I live in London and still no sign of allowing partners into scans. :(

Mine came to my 20 week scan. Guess it depends on area/trust - the restrictions only changed a couple of weeks ago here so maybe you might be lucky.

@Footlooseandfancy I really do hope so. Got two weeks hoping things change by then.

I'm in Essex and my hospital Trust started letting partners to scans about 3 weeks ago, its seems to vary on location

@EllieJai44 that’s not far from me, I’m gonna try calling my hospital and check if I can ever get through to them.

I'm in a Greater Manchester borough and they're still not budging on allowing partners nor plan to do so any time soon. Had my 20 week scan on my own last week, it's rubbish.

It's really not sitting well with me at all. I hate the implication that partners (of whom the baby is literally 50%) aren't important. It's 2020 for for fucks sake. We're from the same household and share the same bed so it makes no sense.

My trust (SE England) allows partners into scans in some but not all of their hospitals - I think it depends where exactly antenatal scanning happens in the hospital and whether it's shared with other types of scanning. They've been allowing it at my local hospital for about a month. There's never been a blanket ban, as a lot of people believe - it's always been based on risk-assessment by the individual trust - and so there won't be a date that all hospitals suddenly allow it.

My trust (NE England) allowing partners to scans from tomorrow.
Needless to say - mine was yesterday 😕

Somerset are letting partners come to the 20 week scan and have done for a few weeks. Each hospital has to risk assess based in staff and buildings.

@CooperLooper totally understand your frustration I joust called my hospital and they said they only allow people that Steve high risk but still not allowing partners for a routine 20 week anomaly scan. I’m so sad to hear my OH can’t come. Still hoping things change in the next two weeks.

@Jazzy1990 Chelsea and Westminster are allowing partners into scans now so other London hospitals may be allowing this as well. Your also allowed your partner to visit at C&W now between the hours of 8-8 on the antenatal and post natal wards so things are slowly changing back!

I’m in Wales and our health board still haven’t got their act together to allow partners to attend scans (but neighbouring health boards have) and they don’t know when they’ll be able to apparently

@PoirotAndHisMoustache that is the saddest !

Contact your AM @NelliesWellies They shouldn't be dragging their feet over this if Welsh Government guidance has changed.

@MrsB16 that’s amazing ! I’m hoping other London hospitals also start following suit soon! Praying hard.

I'm in Wales and my partner can't come on Friday. It varies from trust to trust

I’m under Leeds NHS Trust and no sign whatsoever of anything changing here. even more silly when you consider that the trusts either side of mine are letting birth partners attend scans

Unless something changes I’ll be off to my 12 week scan alone on Friday but hoping that it will have changed for the better by the time of my anomaly scan

If it helps, it's not too bad even if you have to go solo. Mine was fine. We're going to do a private scan later on (we would have anyway because I like to double-check presentation and placenta position) and DH will be there. I do understand why they weren't allowed at my hospital- the waiting room is tiny so social distancing would be impossible with double the number of people in it.

(Funnily enough my husband isn’t too bothered about missing the scans and neither am I. I just suffer quite badly from anxiety and combined with pretty bad white coat syndrome from the aftercare of my first born so I’d quite appreciate having some moral support and a hand to hold)

I just suffer quite badly from anxiety and combined with pretty bad white coat syndrome from the aftercare of my first born so I’d quite appreciate having some moral support and a hand to hold

It's an anxious scan for anyone and I appreciate the desire for a handhold. I had terrible anxiety with my first. Ultimately though, if they risk assess and it's not safe to have so many people in the hospital's waiting rooms etc., people struggling with anxiety is the lesser of two available evils. Imagine the anxiety of being pregnant while suffering from coronavirus caught in a hospital waiting room and not knowing what long term effects it might possibly have on your unborn baby.

Oh I’ve LOVED just not having to worry about a partner during the scans, it’s been lovely. No children running around either.

Could pay for a private one? If you can afford it of course.

I'm in Lancashire uk and I have a letter to say partners can come to the 20 week scan