No US for 7 weeks??!!!

hgrosch

I had my 16 week apt on Monday and the doc listened to their little heart beats and measured me and all looked good but no ultrasound. They are di/di so I would think all is going well but is 7 weeks a long time to go in between scans? Our next scan isn't scheduled until the last day of the month (19ish weeks) and he last scan was at 12 weeks. Is this normal?

 

kellibelle0417

I think every office is different. My OB has kept a close eye on my twins. Starting at 16 weeks I had an ultrasound every 2 weeks. I am having di/di boy/girl twins. 

megs2011

I went from 12w6d till 20w without an u/s. I didn't get a lot of u/s though. I think my OB was a little too laid back bc they were labeled  di/di (I think they were mo/di). I only got 1 scheduled extra u/s before I had them early at 34w4d. I think they would have been better off if I had more u/s and would have been watched closer but that's in the past now. Hopefully you'll get watched closer than I did.

Mrs.AshAsh

I havent had an US since 18 weeks. Im now 28 weeks. My ob told me I would be having one at 30 weeks so technically I will be at 12 weeks without an US. I have been dying to see my boys again, di/di. Starting at 32 weeks, I will have weekly NSTs and then at 34 weeks, I will have another US. I, too, think it all depends on the doctor. If you are really uncomfortable with no US then definitely push to have one...or seek a new doctor. Good luck!

staceymack

I'm pregnant with high risk mo di twins. I got a first trimester screen at 12 weeks. The next ultrasound wasn't until 19 weeks for the anatomy scan. After the anatomy scan we started getting more frequent ultrasounds with MFM.

ktjruss03

I had my NT scan at 12 weeks, anatomy scan at 18 weeks and have had a growth ultrasound every 4 weeks since then.  Even if the twins are di/di I think you should still be getting a growth scan once a month.  At 30 weeks we found a 23% discordance, so I was referred to MFM.  Scanned there at 32 weeks and it had dropped to 12%.  My c-section is scheduled for August 1st and I am going to ask my OB tomorrow if I will have one more scan to make sure both boys are still growing.  I don't feel comfortable not knowing! 

Sometimes you have to speak up and advocate for yourself and your babies if you don't feel like they are doing enough monitoring! 

Dragonfly1226

My OB checked HBs with a quick office u/s but besides that I didn't have any u/s between the NT scan and anatomy scan. I started having more frequent u/s after 24 weeks.

mirnb

Had my first at 12 weeks, then 20 weeks and then every 4 weeks after that!

YouMe&Bax

Sounds like I might be getting scanned a lot in comparison to others.  For weeks 11-16 I had scans almost very week due to complications.  Then I wasn't scanned again until week 20.  I go back in next week (22 weeks) for a scan to check cervical length and then again in 2 weeks for my normal OB & MFM appointments (24 weeks).  I think, if all goes well at that appointment I will end up going 4 weeks without a scan, but once I hit 28 weeks I will get bi-weekly scans, until 32 weeks where they will scan every week.  

All of that being said, my OB has never used a doppler to check the heartbeats - she only uses a quick office u/s.  

Btw - I have di/di twins (as far as we know). 

Brummy14

megs2011:

I went from 12w6d till 20w without an u/s. I didn't get a lot of u/s though. I think my OB was a little too laid back bc they were labeled  di/di (I think they were mo/di). I only got 1 scheduled extra u/s before I had them early at 34w4d. I think they would have been better off if I had more u/s and would have been watched closer but that's in the past now. Hopefully you'll get watched closer than I did.

Yup, same for me here, too. I started having BH contractions non-stop at 22w, so they started doing cervial length checks via the wand every 2 weeks until 26w (at which point cervical length becomes a less predictable indicator) -- and usually did a mini u/s while I was there. 

They would have done growth scans every 4 weeks starting at 20 weeks, had I had a 'normal' pregnancy. I assume they would have increased the frequency of those towards the end, too.  

Ruthie04

Had I not had a bleeding scare at 16w, I wouldn't have had an ultrasound from weeks 8 to 18. After the 16w scan, I went again at 20w. After 20w, we started growth scans every three weeks.

jezebel57

I'm a newbie to all this and I know that mo/di usually get monitored more often than di/di, but I would think that is a long time. 

I was an IF patient so got 2 early ultrasounds at 6w2d and 7w3d, with the OB at 8w1d and then with MFM at 10w.  I go for the NT scan at 11w6d then will go back 4 weeks later at 16 weeks, then every 2 weeks after that.  

If you're not comfortable, call and ask!  

TobieRose

We had our first scan at 14 weeks and our having our a/s next week (21 weeks). I think it's pretty normal at this stage of pregnancy.  

 ETA: My twins are also di/di.  

AB87

I had di/di twins. My first US was at 6 weeks and I didn't have another one until 18 weeks. After 18 weeks I had them every month. 

CaliCarly77

I will be having them every 2 - 4 weeks until after 30 weeks when they will happen once a week. 

I have already had one at 5, 6.5 and 10 weeks, and will have the NT scan at 12 weeks with another scan at 14 weeks (because I will be travelling right after). Plus an extra one today for bleeding. It does seem like a lot, but they want to make sure all is good. They are SUPER quick, just to check for heart beats then done. 

katiebenes

I'm di/di. My u/s's have been as follows:

7 week dating

13 week check since they couldn't hear both hbs two appts in a row.

20 week anatomy

24 week 2nd anatomy to get the pics they missed

28 week growth scan

and I have one that will be scheduled in week 32. then they will decide if they are going to move my growth checks to bi or tri weekly.