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Biophysical profile and NST

JessimurphJessimurph member
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My MW said Monday we'll need to schedule a biophysical profile (ultrasound) and an NST. Is that pretty standard when you're overdue? She'll also start seeing me twice a week which I was surprised to hear. I was under the impression that most MW's don't do anything different until 41 weeks.
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Re: Biophysical profile and NST

  • KristinmoKristinmo member
    That's what my OB does starting at 40 weeks.  Not sure what most MW's do.
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  • StacyADampfStacyADampf
    That is standard after you hit 40w because they want to make sure the placenta isn'f failing
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  • iris427iris427 member
    That sounds pretty standard.  If I had gone past 40 weeks with my home birth, I would have started going in twice a week too and probably had more monitoring done.  Come on out little boy!
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  • JessimurphJessimurph member
    I'm not worried about the nst, but i'd rather not have some u/s tech who can't stop herself from telling me how huuuuge all of his parts are while she does the u/s. Somehow it doesn't compute when you say 'please don't let me know if you notice he is large.'
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  • pinksweetpea2pinksweetpea2 member
    My home birth MW does not think they are necessary until after 41 weeks in most cases.  

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  • nosoup4unosoup4u member

    Mine weren't until I passed 41 weeks. Does she want NST twice a week also? You can skip the u/s if the NST strip is good - the NST alone is an indicator of how the placenta is holding up. (I had a NST the afternoon before DS2 was born, and skipped the u/s part - so we had no idea how big he was going to be). I did have to sign an AMA when I asked not to have the u/s, and got a lecture from the MW on call. 

    I'm excited for you! Hang in there!! 

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  • JessimurphJessimurph member
    imagenosoup4u:

    Mine weren't until I passed 41 weeks. Does she want NST twice a week also? You can skip the u/s if the NST strip is good - the NST alone is an indicator of how the placenta is holding up. (I had a NST the afternoon before DS2 was born, and skipped the u/s part - so we had no idea how big he was going to be). I did have to sign an AMA when I asked not to have the u/s, and got a lecture from the MW on call. 

    I'm excited for you! Hang in there!! 

    I'll ask her if I can just do the NST for now and we can revisit the u/s question in week 41. Hopefully that will work for everyone. 

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