About to burst...

irishfrisky

Waiting for my ultrasound appointment after drinking the appointed 48oz of water 1 hour prior... I think my eyeballs are floating. Good lord, this is cruel and unusual punishment! How did y'all distract yourselves during this trying time?

kissthesky32

That's crazy! I would burst too! 

I had to empty my bladder before my transvaginal. And my instructions for the NT scan abdominal say 16oz a half hour before. I can't imagine holding 48oz! (And right now, I'd probably just throw it up.)

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emucoleman

When I went to my first one with DD, they told me to drink the water in advance, then when I got there with my bladder practically bursting they told me I didn't really need to.

bklynchica

Haha I've been thinking about this with the NT coming up. They say drink it in advance, but how long might we be sitting in the waiting room, where there is undoubtedly a water cooler? I need to pee every 20 minutes as is. I don't see myself drinking a couple of glasses of water at work, then traveling to the hospital, waiting, and not be in agony.

irishfrisky

The tech kept saying "oh honey, your poor bladder!" Lol. Peeing has never felt so good! Clearly I could have had a lot less to drink!

sarebear55

Wow!! I have had 3 and haven't had to drink anything yet... They were all transvaginal though. I don't need to drink water until my next one at 20 weeks

dragonfly87-2

That is odd. I have a transvaginal ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow. They said to be hydrated, but that I didn't need to have a full bladder or to drink a certain amount.

DuchessOfCambridge

I had to have a full bladder for my abdominal which made me very restless in the waiting room but luckily they were right on time and I forgot how badly I needed to pee once I saw itty bitty on the screen. After my abdominal I emptied my bladder for the transvaginal.

baker1jm2

Hmm that's weird..they had me pee before mine. Is it your dating ultrasound? I've never been asked to have a full bladder

zigzag8412

I had a transvaginal at my first appt so they didn't need a full bladder for anything other than to pee in a cup for them, so I just walked up to the window and told them if they wanted it, to go ahead and give me the cup now.  

AngieL610

My NT is scheduled for next week and the instructions didn't have anything about a full bladder.  They do want us to come 30 minutes early though, so maybe they'll have me drink then!

TallMomma29

I've never had to have a full bladder until the anatomy scan, but it is bruuuuutal.   I actually ended up switching insurance so I could go to a different hospital and doctor my first time because the agony of dealing with traffic, terrible parking, and finding the right ultrasound office at a hospital with terrible signage while desperately needing to pee was the last straw on top of all of my other grievances at the time.  

irishfrisky

baker1jm2 said:

Hmm that's weird..they had me pee before mine. Is it your dating ultrasound? I've never been asked to have a full bladder

It was, but our hospitals around here always start transabdominal, and then I got to pee before the trans-vaginal. If they can see everything they need abdominally, they don't do the trans-vag. Of course I was too early for abd to show much but I had to go through it anyways, lol. 

NYTino24

I have had 4 ultrasounds (2 v and 2 a) and didn't need a full bladder for any.

deeerfauxm

I peed right before my abdominal last week, no prob. Then peed again in the cup 30 min later for the urinalysis at the OB's lab  #alwaysfull