20 week scan - Edinburgh

gr2007 · Jan 9, 2008 4:47PM

Hi,

As anyone who lives in the Lothians will already know, we dont get a 20 week scan around here...:evil:

I'm now looking into the option of booking a private scan. There have been a few mention of places in Edinburgh in various posts but of course I didn't note any of them down!

I'd be really grateful if anyone who has had a private 20 week scan done in Edinburgh can let me know where they went, whether they would recommend the place and what they paid!

Many thanks,

gr

Makka_Pakka2 · Jan 3, 2008 4:25PM

Glad all seems to be going well Gillian! How many weeks are you now? How you feeling?

J x (31 weeks!)

mummym · Jan 3, 2008 4:31PM

Hey gr2007, page 21 December 8 I think title No More Scans was the thread I started after I found out I wouldn't get a 20 week scan. There are lots of suggestions in there for private scans. Let me know how you get on as I am still undecided. I invested in an angelsounds doppler and that appeases the worry a little bit cos babys heart is loud and strong in there! xx

gr2007 · Jan 3, 2008 5:59PM

thanks mummym! oh not keen on getting a doppler - he says if at any point i couldn't hear heartbeat i'd be too stressed out, and he's right! I will let you know how I get on.

Hi Jo - I'm almost 16 weeks now, can you believe it! Had mw appt today and heard hb which was amazing. Next appointment 7 weeks away though which seems like ages away. Look at you on 31 weeks - nearly there!!!! When are you finishing work again?

annem1982 · Jan 3, 2008 7:08PM

Hey there have a look at this website, I'm from Glasgow and used them last time I was pregnant
http://www.babyscanning.co.uk/

indieems78 · Jan 4, 2008 11:57AM

Hi,

as you know I'm in Edinburgh too so been doing a bit if research myself. Read somewhere on another chat site that one woman wrote a couple of letters to her local MSP and ended up getting a 20 week scan on NHS after all so might be worth making a fuss? Haven't decided what I'm going to do yet but there seem to be a few places offering scans with prices ranging from about ??90 for a 2d scan to about 300 for 4d packages. Will let you know if I hear anything good or bad about any of the places.

gr2007 · Jan 4, 2008 4:10PM

great thanks! Am also planning on contacting msp - not particularly to get a free one, more to complain about the whole postcode lottery system!

indieems78 · Jan 4, 2008 5:22PM

I have emailed my local MSP today so will let you know when I get a response. Maybe if enough people start complaining to MSPs something will be done to change current system, won't help us much but maybe if we have another child in the future?!

gr2007 · Jan 4, 2008 7:14PM

Marvellous. Will also let you know once we've got in touch with ours.

indieems78 · Jan 5, 2008 8:04AM

Reply from MSP:

Thank you for writing to me. This issue was raised with me before and I recall contacting the Health Board. As you narrate they argue that though no routine second scan offered one is always available if there is concern.
I am out of the office at the moment but will arrange to either locate the past letter or enquire again.
As indicated I can understand your concern but at least there is the comfort that a second scan is always available free if needed. I will need to check what the criteria are for that second scan but as again I recall it was a fairly liberal interpretation.
Thank you for writing to me. Can you confirm your address and that you are a constituent. I require that for Parliamentary protocol I regret.
Kenny MacAskill

I take from that that if you push for it you can probably get second scan. Will let you know if I hear any more.

NewUser14066674 · Jan 5, 2008 10:02AM

I work in Lothian but thankfully live with NHS Forth Valley and hence get a 20 week scan. However I have many friends in Lothian and one said she had been told the reason in Lothian is because it rarely changes the management of the pregnancy (I suspect it is a financial decision). However when I was scanned at 20 weeks they found a low-lying placenta (it is likely to move) but I already have a further scan booked for the end of Jan and hence the clinical management of my pregnancy has changed! I know that with a low-lying placenta there is a risk of bleeding from late in the second trimester onwards - can you imagine that starting and not knowing what the cause could be???

Have a look on a website called NICE (http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=29153) it gives guidelines on antenatal care and includes the recommendation for a 20 week scan - it might be worth sending this on to your MSP. Clinical guidelines are developed to ensure equity of healthcare.

gr2007 · Jan 6, 2008 9:23AM

Hi EMcG - the impression I've had is that if the health professionals are concerned then you can get a second scan which isn't always much good to us!

Incidentally, someone I know only discovered at the 2nd scan that she was having twins. Eeek!

PNE - thanks for the link!

gr2007 · Jan 9, 2008 4:47PM

Hi EMcG (and anyone else in Edinburgh!) I've booked private scan at Healthcare now. ??150 for detailed anatomy scan and you can pay a bit extra for dvd of the scan. Babies in the womb was the same price - they did give me a bit of hard sell 'oh, lots of people using christmas gift vouchers so book now or you might miss out' kind of thing which I didn't like so much. Healthcare now seemed a bit more 'medical'. that said, on one of the other posts a while ago there were positive recommendations about babes in the womb. Haven't emailed msp yet, been a bit rubbish. Will do soon!

20 week scan - Edinburgh

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