Anyone NOT getting a scan/ultrasound? - Page 3

[ktmama]

Your mw or doc should be able to palpate your uterus and determine the number of babies in there.

[honeybee]

Originally Posted by waterjen

Do you have a source for this? Is it on their site? I would like to check it out. THis is my first pregnancy and we're very low risk so far and planning a home birth with as little or no interventions if possible and safe; but I'm anticipating being perceived in by my ILs as radical and dangerous :, so we're trying to research as much as possible so we have specific data to back up our choices and intuitive feelings.

I read the statement and rersearch on ACOG's website.

[waterjen]

thank you!

[organicmommy]

I had 2 with my first, one very early because of fertility issues and 1 at the normal 20 weeks. Then with my 2nd I had the regular one around 18-20 weeks but the baby was WAY small so they did another one 4 weeks later, it just showed that the baby was still small but growing correctly.
I will be having one in the next couple weeks to determine a due date because I have to have another c-section, not my fave thing but its the way it is.

On the previa aspect it doesn't always manifest itself early, a very good friend of mine almost lost her life because she chose no u/s with her first, no bleeding in the pregnancy, however when her labor got going it abrupted from the opening and she had to have an emergency c/s which resulted in a lot of other issues with her following two pregnancies, including the loss of her 3rd due to failure to grow because the placenta was on so much scartissue. its scary but I will be taking the precautions of the u/s

[nhapmom]

we arent going to have one. last time they did all these high level u/s's on me and told me my son may have down's syndrome and brain cycsts were formed.
there is new research that makes me skeptical of u/s's safety now too so im just not doing it. we are happy whichever sex comes out.