What are your thoughts on bringing children to witness their siblings ultrasound?
I would like to do this with my daughters. The girls are 9 and 10yrs old and I have no known risk factors with this pregnancy. I could see it being a problem if the children were significantly younger or if the pregnancy were high risk.
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Re: Bringing children to ultrasounds
We may end up having to bring my 3 year old... Which doesn't sound as fun. But she will sit on the iPad and be quite when asked.
They would probably think it was cool! My 3 year old was at my last appointment and kept saying "the baby is waiving at me!"
I had a last minute 6 week ultrasound that I ended up having to bring my 4 year old to! She LOVED it. The tech was great! Now we call my appointments her "big sister appointments" and she gets all excited. They make her feel important and included with this baby!
*only appointment she will not go to is my NT scan this coming Monday!
She will come to the automony scan and see baby on the "big t.v.". My husband involved her really early in the pregnancy and so she now rubs my belly and says good morning and good night - so he really wants her there.
I've heard no kids before. But not husbands.
My practice has their own tech that does ultrasounds so they are pretty laid back.
This is my first, so I don't know what I'll do as far as subsequent children at ultrasounds, but I think it's great to get older children involved, and I think an ultrasound can really help make it feel more real for them. Heck, seeing my baby on the screen made it feel more real for me, despite all the morning sickness and slight belly I'm getting, haha.