scans in later pregnancy

My midwife told me I wouldnt have another one unless there is a reason for them to have to check the baby's growth or postion. I only had one at 20 weeks too- think thats the norm.

Oooohhhhh, Please PLEASE please PLEASE can someone come back and say that its normal to have another scan after the 20wk one???!????!!!!

I just love seeing baby wriggle around in there, and it seems like ages until our due date!

There are only 2 scans that are standard to have. The 12 week and the 20 week. Unless there is something that needs checking you don't get anymore unfortunately.

I had a scan at 7 weeks to see if I was pregnant- UMM YEP PRETTY SURE I WAS! Then at 16 weeks since I had bleeding, then at 18 weeks to see what the sex was then again at hmm... can't remember hahaha- something like 23-25 weeks or something like that anyways.
They did stick me on the machine last week to check his head circumference- since its been noted that it's rather large- GREAT... But they didn't take any still pictures to give to me, they took a few still pictures just to measure his head and that was it- they just got out the doppler again to check his heart rate.
I want another scan though and pictures I can keep- I would die to get one of them 3d scans but I don't know of anywhere close that do it since I'm about 3 hours north and south of a large hospital. And this little fellas being born in a country hospital- which has 1 birth every 8-14 days. So they like it when the mums want to stay longer- I'd just stay since they give you the best meals I've ever had in an hospital haha. Roast pork and CRACKLING!! YUM!

Edited by stevie_88

There's another reason for later scans and that is if they suspect the baby is not growing, or not growing enough. With my second child, my fundal height got to 2cm under average so I was sent in for a growth scan: all normal. Then she flipped so I was sent for two more scans to see if she was breech (she kept flipping the right way for the scans on Friday and back to breech for Tuesday appointments lol).

I had one more scan when I went into labour to confirm that she was posterior and as for the growth scans... well she was full term and 8lb, 4oz !! haha

In Saudi Arabia you have a scan everytime you go to see your Dr - it was greating seeing Zac at every appointment.

I only had a scan in late pregnancy to check Han's growth as her fundal height was measuring small.
Not a nice circumstance to have a scan in... I was quite worried. Turns out she was measuring ~9lbs... that made me even more worried.

I had a 20-week scan and that's all we get here in Palmy, unless there's reason to be cautions as far as I know.  I'd be curious to find out how much it costs to elect for another scan. 

Andie, I had a few scans in Palmy with Andrew. I think it has a lot to do with your MW. A scan at broadway radiology is about $140.