Anatomy Scans Thread

BarnesFamof5

My A/S is scheduled for Friday February 3rd! Cannot wait! I'll be exactly 18 weeks..

ser1na

Can't believe we're at this point so soon! Mine is scheduled Feb 10 at 19w2d. Really anxious to find out if everything with baby looks healthy! Good luck to everyone with their scans and with the wait!

SparkyOne

Well, I have an ultrasound on Saturday and hope to schedule the A/S at that appointment.  However, I do hope to get a glimpse as to whether we've got a little boy or girl on our hands.  Looking forward to hearing about all you lovely ladies' A/S.  Keep them coming!

GeorgiaWife6912

I'm jealous of all of you! My a/s isn't scheduled until 3/9! And while we already know it's a girl from our NIPT, I am anxious for the a/s to confirm baby is growing and developing as she should be.

Cynth0104

Just scheduled mine for Feb. 20! 

tuxielove93

Just got mine scheduled for Feb. 21st!! I can't even wait

Sassenach1743

Just scheduled mine for February 23rd! I'll be 20 weeks exactly. Also having NIPT blood draw tomorrow, so will find out the sex in about 10 days. Very excited! 

tuxielove93

Is anyone else having a gender reveal party and would anyone else be interested in a thread to share ideas? Yes, pinterest rules, but I'm working on planning my small one for February and I just wondered if anyone else might be too. I'll start it but I don't want to clutter up the board if I'm the only one.  (NOTE: I double posted this in the team thread)

longhairdntcare

kerils said:

Is anyone else having a gender reveal party and would anyone else be interested in a thread to share ideas? Yes, pinterest rules, but I'm working on planning my small one for February and I just wondered if anyone else might be too. I'll start it but I don't want to clutter up the board if I'm the only one.  (NOTE: I double posted this in the team thread)

I did one already! it was fun. 

Twinkiedoll

Oh man, I'm not 20 weeks until the week of March 5.  I feel so behind some of you ladies, that I had to double-check to make sure I was in the right BMB.  Hope everyone's scans go well.

megandchase

I go Wednesday for mine at 17w3d this is the first anatomy scan I've gone to that I didn't already know the sex of the baby (first 2 kiddos we did a 3D ultrasound at 16 weeks) DH can't go so I'll have them seal sex in an envelope and we will find out together at a later date... not sure when or how yet. I wanted to be team green and dh wasn't onboard so we might do a gender reveal with family. This will be our last baby.

longhairdntcare

Twinkiedoll said:

Oh man, I'm not 20 weeks until the week of March 5.  I feel so behind some of you ladies, that I had to double-check to make sure I was in the right BMB.  Hope everyone's scans go well.

a lot of OBs do them before 20 weeks. Mine OB's time frame was 18-21 weeks but then they scheduled mine for 17+6

mjacks16

I had my early AS yesterday at 16w4d. I will have another routine one March 1 at 21 weeks. My clinic likes to do them twice. Everything is measuring right on schedule! The bean was not being cooperative though and they could not get a good look at the heart ventricles, but said it's hard this early. Also confirmed it definitely a boy!

SparkyOne

I had a regular doctor's appointment two days ago with my OB and she surprised me and did my AS yesterday (she specialises in ultrasounds as well and is qualified to do AS).  I was 17 weeks exactly and the baby measured in the normal range (16w5d).  Similar to mjacks16, she couldn't get a really good view of the heart since it was earlier than the typical AS.  We did get to clearly see that it is a little boy that we're having.  She said my placenta was a tad low but it's still normal at this stage so I'm not concerned.  

Creedon778

My OB will do my AS this time around since the US tech missed something big last time. DS #2 had a two vessel cord which I guess is something they look for during the AS. It puts the baby at a higher risk for organ issues and they usually do more testing before birth. We didn't know until baby was born and thankfully all was fine (he had to have some tests afterwards to confirm) but the ob wants to make sure he's the one doing it this time around. I'm on the late end though. March 10th. 

RunRestRepeat

@Twinkiedoll I won't be 20 weeks until March 9 - you're not alone! My a/s isn't scheduled yet - hopefully I'll find out a date at my next appt on Feb. 6!

postywiththemosty

@RunRestRepeat Yeah count me in that club too!  My A/S is 3/10 and it feels so far away!

schreefel

Impatiently waiting for my A/S next Monday!  I'll be exactly 19w.

yellow1daisy

Also in the far away club here! Just got it scheduled for March 10. I'll be 20+3 by LMP and about 21+1 by ovulation and baby's early measurement. 

LoveLee85

.....it's a healthy baby GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it. 17 weeks and measuring right on track. She put the wand on my stomach and was like 'Well that was easy, that's a baby girl!!' 

Now, the name game with husband!!!!! 

ETA: every old 'sign' pointed to girl....and the 'gender predict calendar' has been correct both times now! Weird!!!  

ginger1228

Congrats @LoveLee85!!

tuxielove93

@LoveLee85 Congrats on the girl!! 

BusyZee

Has everyone's NiPt lined up with their anatomy scans? My mum is annoying me she keeps saying she doesn't believe the gender part.

LoveLee85

ginger1228 said:

Congrats @LoveLee85!!

kerils said:

@LoveLee85 Congrats on the girl!! 

Thank you so much!!!! 

MrsN092714

I have mine scheduled for Feb 28th at 20 weeks on the dot.  With my first we did it at 20 weeks to the day as well.  It was the coolest thing watching him kick and feel it at the same time.  I was glad I waited until 20 weeks with him, with this one it will be neat to have US from the same time to compare!  We are team green but always look forward to seeing the wee one

irishrose54

Had my anatomy scan today!! It was one of two anatomy scans at the high risk dr but the dr said they saw even more than expected and that they were very cooperative! We learned baby a is the boy and baby b is a girl! Wooohoooo!

@BusyZee my nipt said at least one boy so it was right w the chromosome testing in that regard.

glitterfish-2

BusyZee said:

Has everyone's NiPt lined up with their anatomy scans? My mum is annoying me she keeps saying she doesn't believe the gender part.

Yup. I think it's very rare to be wrong.

longhairdntcare

Had our anatomy scan this morning and everything looked great! So relieved that she is healthy!

Confirmed anterior placenta which sucks but I still think I have been feeling her move the last few days. She was super uncooperative for pictures. She had her face right up against the placenta, and had her hand up there on her forehead as well.  The doctor tried for like 15 min to get some good 3d images but with her placement, they all came out blurry

Katie______

@rae1 My little one did the same.....she would stay for a picture, but not the gender reveal at 16 weeks...they said wait til 20.  I swear my baby hates photographs.   We had to pace at the down test

JAM85

Had our scan today at 18w and baby BOY is perfect! Measuring 18w6d and it was quite a surprise he was a boy because my DHs family and him insisted we were destined to only have girls since before we had kids. Now we have a girl and a boy! His head was wedged in my right pelvis so those measurements took longer and required digging but overall happy he is healthy and on track! 

BusyZee

Awww congratulations! @JAM85

megandchase

Had ours yesterday at 17w4d baby is healthy and was wiggling all over. We are waiting until mid March to do a gender reveal with family on my husband's medial residency matchday. It'll be big day for us, we'll find out where we are moving for the next 4 years and what baby is! This is #3 and we have a boy and a girl already. I wanted to be team green all the way but hubby doesn't so a gender reveal is a compromise. We have always just found out sex at the ultrasound so this is different for us. Man that envelope is staring at me and is so tempting lol! 

ThePecks

Had mine done today - it was fun seeing DH's reaction when baby would wiggle around. It's going to be hard to keep the sex a secret from people but so worth it

Technician wouldn't tell us anything official about if everything was normal or not, but I didn't see anything alarming and all the limbs, digits, and other things I expected to see were present and accounted for, along with a healthy looking heart, so I don't expect to get bad news. If nothing else, I'm going in to see my OB on Tuesday so I won't have to wait long either way. 

littlemagen&ben

Here's baby boy! Have to go back for a second scan due to placenta being in the way and baby hiding his face. His head shape seems rather balloon like

Mommyofcarson+1

So happy for all of you who have already had yours, and for those who decided to find out and those who are team green, that you got to see a happy healthy baby! 
I am excited for ours and really have no inkling what it is. Although I am leaning towards boy. 

sofloma

I had mine on Friday! Just one baby boy measuring a little ahead. Going to follow up with the MFM in 3 weeks to check my placenta and little mans heart again. My placenta is buddied up to my cervix and they need more images of his heart. Everything else looked great! And baby spent a decent amount of time rolled in a ball with his knees to his face.

ThePecks

got the results back from my A/S today - placenta previa, so yay for now being high risk and getting a c-section... Other than that, they couldn't get a good look at baby's nasal structure, so I have to go in for some further follow up on all this to see if the techs just couldn't get a good look, or if there are other problems (actually same for the placenta, just in case they looked at it funny). Trying not to freak out yet since we just don't have all the details. Hopefully I'll get in soon and we can go from there. 

KissMeImScottish

@ThePecks, I'm sorry you have to stress! For what it's worth, 20 weeks is usually when they check for praevia to know if they have to watch it, but a lot of times, it moves up and out of the way by the third trimester. They usually do a recheck of it around 28 weeks. On that front, I wouldn't panic yet, if it's any consolation. It happened to me last pregnancy with my son. They described my uterus as a balloon - picture what happens if you put a piece of tape on the side and then blow it up. The tape moves up the side of the balloon as it expands. The uterus often works the same way. So give it another couple months before you start thinking of it as inevitable.

longhairdntcare

@ThePecks Hopefully the next scan will show something different! When I had my A/S the tech noted the same thing. Then the doctor came in to scan and it was fine. He said it was likely a combination of the look she got and the way I was laying (had my legs crossed and my arm above my head when the tech scanned). Like ktewart said, it can definitely correct itself!

ThePecks

thanks guys - yeah like I said, trying to stay calm until we get the next set of diagnostics to say in more detail, but it's like a jynx with how easy my pregnancy has been so far.... *goes to find some wood to knock on*