Taking toddler to early scan?

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Just wondering if anyone has taken an energetic toddler to an early/viability scan? I can't get an appointment while she's at nursery and don't really want to go without DH, whether it's good news at the scan or not. Wondering how chaotic people found it if anyone has done the same?

To be fair it was just after covid. However it is unusual for any hospitals to let you and you would be told to leave your child with him.

My husband did want to come but obviously he couldn't plus I have had miscarriages. He was fine with it. It isn't the place for a toddler. Trying to look after them whilst you get bad news isn't great plus it isn't very sensitive to take kids to somewhere like EPAU. I don't want to see your child when I was fairly confident I had had a miscarriage and was waiting for confirmation. Sometimes you don't always get what you want.

@WithACatLikeTread my hospital is fairly small, but linked with a large city hospital which makes the rules. The website did say no children allowed, but I was fairly sure that my smaller hospital would be more accommodating, and I was right. But the rule is that the child is not allowed into the scanning room, not the waiting area, some people's only option might be for a friend or family membee to come and sit with their child in the waiting room, so I don't think it is insensitive to have a child in the building. The ultrasound scan department is on the same floor as the delivery suite in my hospital, so unfortunately it would be just as likely to cross paths with a newborn baby as a child sat in the waiting room. I am very sorry for your losses.

My first response was just making the point to the OP that it is worth checking with the actual department, as the rules aren't always as black and white as they may appear on hospital leaflets or websites.. the humans you speak to can be very understanding (speaking as an NHS nurse who regularly uses my own judgement on whether adjustments can be made to make someone's day a bit easier).