Full Bladder Needed for NT Test?

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Registered: 11-15-2006
Full Bladder Needed for NT Test?
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Mon, 09-10-2007 - 8:54am

Good Morning Sistahs!!!


Wednesday DH and I go in for our NT Test/First Trimester Screening.

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Registered: 04-09-2006
Mon, 09-10-2007 - 9:00am

Hi Kristen,


Hooray for your big 12-week scan--it's a fun one, b/c they tend to spend a good bit of time trying to get that NT measurement just right, and in the mean time, you can ooh and aah every time you see fingers and toes :)

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Registered: 01-09-2007
Mon, 09-10-2007 - 9:09am

It is always easier to empty a bladder than fill one.. :) I didn't do an NT u/s, but for my others, they had me go ahead and go pee.

Most techs will ask you if you want to know. They aren't going to just blurt it out. (At least, not a good one...) It was one of the first questions they asked at my 20 week u/s. BUT.. that said, NT is a little early to know for sure-- it would just be a guess at this point.

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Mon, 09-10-2007 - 9:59am
They actually had me go to the bathroom before the scan and I was never told to come with a full bladder in fact even at my 9 week sono I didn't need a full bladder and they saw everything just fine!!! They would probably asked you if you wanted to know the sex before showing you and at this early they would most likely be really looking for it. However with my ds at 14 weeks when she turned on the monitor there it was clear as day...she felt so bad...she said, "oh, I hope you guys wanted to know!!!" We did so it was no biggie. At my NT scan last week (13 weeks) I couldn't even talk the tech into taking a peek there!! So it's hard to say!!
Good luck and let us know!!
Erin
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Registered: 06-01-2007
Mon, 09-10-2007 - 5:25pm

They had me empty my bladder before my NT scan.

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Registered: 02-03-2006
Mon, 09-10-2007 - 7:08pm

Hi Kristen-


It's abdominal. No full bladder needed. I had mine today- they are just so cool- we even saw T's little fist by her mouth- sucking her thumb!!


Can't wait to hear your news!

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Tue, 09-11-2007 - 9:57am

Hey Kristen!


I have had the same question since I made my NT appointment!

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Registered: 04-09-2006
Tue, 09-11-2007 - 2:41pm

Wow, I must just have gone to a sadistic U/S center!!!