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June 2012 Moms
JessieCupcake
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Anyone else have anatomy scan alone?
JessieCupcake
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I've had all my ultra sounds at the doctor's office so far. But he says for the anatomy scan I have to go to the hospital to have it done.
I booked my appointment and they don't do it on evenings or weekends.. so it looks like I'll be going without H. 
He works construction and doesn't get PTO. So an appointment in the middle of the day is a problem.
Anyone else go alone? I'm pretty sad about it since I would like for him to be there.
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Re: Anyone else have anatomy scan alone?
I took the latest appointment at 2:30. To make it there he'd have to leave work early. I guess it can't hurt for him to ask his foreman.
He starts work at 7 am but catches a train at 3:50 am to get there on time. He has a very long commute unfortunately.
An elective is a good idea. I will definitely look into it. I hope your H gets to go with you!
There's a good possibility that I will be alone too. I've been alone at every appointment (They only do diabetic OB clinic on Wednesdays and that's the DH's busiest delivery day; like yesterday he left the plant at 7:00 AM and didn't get home until 8:00 PM and didn't get to unload his truck or reload it), every u/s, and everything in between. The H finally heard the hb when I went to the ER last Friday night for extreme low blood sugar. I felt bad that it took my blood sugar going so low I had to be rushed by ambulance to the hospital for my H to be able to hear it. He is a delivery driver who also gets no PTO (they'll dock his pay if he takes time off) and his work is not very understanding about things, especially this. He was called into one of the manager's office this morning about him finishing so late and was told the plant manager is getting pissed and either wants to move him or fire him (which is crap... He can't help he has an out-of-town route that they keep adding stops and deliveries to and why would he want to fire someone who's going to have $30,000 in sales the beginning of the year and has won the past 2 sales promotions?. He was really angry because the reason he didn't leave until 7:00 was because he was helping me get my blood sugar back up.
My OB makes all the appointments for me, so I really don't have much of a say-so in when they do things. I'm going to really talk to them and see if I can get the appointments as late on Friday afternoon as possible, so my H can make it. Otherwise, I'll be alone.
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This is what I did with DS I also begged the tech to hold off when DH was late
Oh this is a great idea!! If he cannot make it I will do this! Thank you!!
Your H's manager sounds horrible! You would think they'd be more understanding of the situation. Threatening to fire him, seriously? That is just terrible. I'm sorry you're both dealing with this.
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My husband is his company's entire IT department. They basically freak out when he's not there. I made him go to the first ultrasound, but he hasn't been to anything else. My mom went to the NT scan with me, and both my parents will go to my amnio next week (I think dad just wants to see the MFM as they're old friends). I originally told DH I also wanted him at the A/S, but since we'll already know the sex(es) by then, I don't really care. I guess I'd rather my hubby keeps his job, as we need the income, more than going to a few ultrasounds. There are also other factors too, such as we are both incredibly independent, and like it that way, and my dad's been practicing ultrasounds on me on the weekends, so DH can go to any of those times that he wants.
I'm more worried about when the babies come home, because I will need help then, and I doubt his company will give him any paternity leave.
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I went alone when I was pregnant with DD because H was away for training. I had to tell him the sex over the phone. I think the tech thought I was a cold hearted b*tch because I didn't really say anything or smile the whole time. I just felt guilty that I was seeing our baby and he wasn't.
I could possibly have to go to this one alone too depending on H's training schedule.
Ask if they will allow you to video it on your phone or with a camera. that way you can show it to your H later once he gets home and you could still get a gender envelope and open it after you watch the video. My ob allowed this last time with DS.1 I just had to wait for them to finish the measuring verifying baby is okay portion then the tech just played with the baby for about 3-5 min whiled I videoed and she pointed out stuff like heart valves kidneys bladder ect.