Do i lie to try and get a scan?

[elli]

No doubt different EPUs have different policies, but both EPUs I've attended offer an early 'reassurance' scan at around 8wks if you have had a mc previously, even if you don't have any particular symptoms giving cause for concern this time round.

So, I would definitely try the honest approach rather than lie. If you've been booked in for a scan at your EPU previously they should have some details for you on file, even if you did not actually attend the scan, so you could try contacting them directly to see what they say.

BTW: not much help to mention this on a Friday I suppose, but generally EPUs are busiest on Monday, dealing with the backlog of patients who've had problems over the weekend, so if you have a non-urgent request you're often best to make it mid-week.

All that being said, I have had several early scans (due to pain/bleeding) and find they reassure me for all of 5 minutes before I start fretting again, and the anxiety I feel leading up to the scan is really not healthy. So if you can wait it out, it might actually be better in the long run.

 

[blondee]

Hiya,

I think i too would have seriously considered it in your position especially as my EPU did not seem at all overbooked or busy apart from surgery slots... I was lucky enough to be abroad and on private medical when i got this BFP and got sent immediately for a private scan which gave me huge reassurance as it was 6+ weeks and my first baby had stopped developing then.

To be honest, i am still anxious though. It never goes after an MC. Bubba didn't kick much on wednesday and i ended up sobbing for about an hour until he finally did...

I don't think any of us will 'relax' until we have a happy, healthy baby in our arms - and THEN the parental anxiety will kick in.

Sorry for waffling.

Do what you need to do. Ask your Doc for a reassurance scan due to your extreme anxiety and if they say no then look for a private clinic. I think it costs about £100. I believe the 8th week is a good week to go as it is an MC hurdle (i.e. the risk drops quite a bit after 8 weeks) and there might be more to see. At my 6 and 7 weeks scans (bled after the reassurance scan!) we essentially saw a grain of rice with a heartbeat. Don't get me wrong - i loved it immediately, but without the calm reassurance of the sonographer and the audio of the heartbeat there is sadly very little to see at that point.

Keep positive and let us know what you do.

M X

 

[woohoo]

i have seriously considered the same as u but then didnt last time i was pregnant and unfortunatly mc, now this time i have been waiting and finally rung epu on the off chance n sed im pregnant n had a mc in april could i get an early scan? she sed ye sure let me book u in. so now booked in4 a scan tues at 10.30. so xcited but worried incase there is nefin rong.
gd luck hun hope u get a scan without having 2 lie.
x

 

[lushious09]

dont cry wolf... if your having no cramping then there is no reason for you to worry... even if you have an early scan nothing is to say that nothing will happen after it... id wait hunni and let nature be nature im sure you and baby will be just fine

 

[Jem88]

Yep i'm gonna wait.

 

[secretbaby]

sorry irrelevant as I hadn't read whole thread!

 

[kafs78]

on the flip side of this.... why not just be happy that you have nothing to worry about and no need for an early scan.

Im just as anxious, but i have decided to try and be +, and no look for things to go wrong....

 

[kns]

hi
no if you aren't having cramps or spotting everything should be ok, if you experience something untoward then talk to your doctor or midwife straight away.
my partner lost her baby at 9 weeks after spotting alot of bad cramps.
she is currently 5 weeks and had 2 spots of blood and mild cramping which doctor and midwife are aware of but they dont seem too concerned and think both my partner and i would feel rather defalted and upset to think that someone with no spotting or cramps has had an early scan over someone with multiple miscarriages.
just relax and take each day as it comes and before you know it you'll be 12 weeks!!!!
if you get any problems just call midwife or doctor ASAP and get as much advice as possible.
regards
Stacey

 

[kanga]

If you can't afford private and really really can't wait hun then a little white lie wouldnt hurt I guess. Haev you tried just being honest tho? I just emailed my doc to say I was pg again and asked for an early scan as we had a mmc before, and he was like yeah sure

gl x

 

[Jem88]

I wasn't going to ask for a scan but it turns out i started to have brown spotting sun/mon and my midwife got me a scan for the tues and everything was fine.

 

[Mizze]

Good to know everything is okay hon.

Mizze x

 

[kns]

i wish my partner would be treated like that.
she has had 2 miscarriages and is in complete agony with abdom pain and severe endometriosis and the EPU can't see her and triage nurse told her nothing can do as both hospitals booked up but will get to see doctor this afternoon

 

[Blah11]

Take her to A&E if shes that sore kns... theyll get her in for a scan. Its amazing how easy it is to get scans and other investigation work when youre being referred by the hospital. I know this from working in a hospital and getting CT scans arranged for patients for the next again day when Joe Public have to wait weeks.

 

[kns]

she refuses to go a and e.
nurse said she will get seen at doctors today no matter what.
just think hospitals should allow her to be seen before others as doctor has referred her?
or am i being irrational?
going to call the private hospital and see how much it will be to have a check or scan there?

 

[Mizze]

Good luck hon - hope all is okay for you all

Mizze xxx

 

[Mum2bewaiting]

she refuses to go a and e.
nurse said she will get seen at doctors today no matter what.
just think hospitals should allow her to be seen before others as doctor has referred her?
or am i being irrational?
going to call the private hospital and see how much it will be to have a check or scan there?

it depends how it works... inpatient/A&E referals for scans are seen as priority as they are at hospital for a reason, GP referrals are classed as outpatient and not a priority (as most of these will have been referred by a dr too) and will go on the end of the list...

How didi you get on looking at private?

Glad everything is ok Jem

 

[kns]

went to a and e suspected ectopic and prepped for surgery went for scan everything perfect.
think it was burst cyst.
everything perfect saw blob with beating heart

 

[BitsAndBobs]

Glad everything was fine at the scan

In regards to the OP, I wouldn't have done it. Like it has been said, you could have taken the time away from someone who really needed it.

This happened to me last time. I was in the EPU and the girl next to me was boasting she had lied about pains and was getting a scan that morning. I was sat in the waiting room (having serious cramps and heavy bleeding) with them refusing to scan me because there were no appointments available. If my partner hadn't of dragged me away, I would have slapped the bitch!

I had a MC and got pregnant straight away. Everyone else had been given a dating scan but I never. Everyone else had been given a reassurance scan but I never.

I had to wait until 12+4 for my 1st scan. It was the longest wait of my life but the scan day eventually came and everything was fine

It takes a lot of strength to have will power and wait