I totally agree. Way too late. I just found out that my 8 WK apt wasn't going to have an ultra sound and got a little upset and asked for one sooner. I get one Friday YAY.
Sometime dr offices try to limit ultra sounds to make insurance companies happy. But if you want one, ask for one. It shouldnt be a problem especially if you are willing to pay out of pocket if ins won't cover it
They do that because right now you baby looks like a blob not a baby and around 12 weeks you will be able to see an actual formed baby.
In the UK they won't scan you until week 12-14 so that seems normal :) x
I had one at 9 weeks and the baby stretched its little feet! Seems to late and id be kinda annoyed to wait that longm
It really depends if your a private or public patient. If your public they only book you in for the "important" scans so it doesn't cost to much. However I hVs a private obstetrician and he does a scan for me every 4 weeks and later it will be reduced to 3aeeks, :2weeks and then weekly in the last few weeks.
I am due in November and know someone due in August. We both had our first ultrasounds the same week. I was 8 weeks 2 days. We are in different states so I think it just depends on where you are.
We have ours at 11 weeks.
Our hospital does one ultra sound at 20 weeks. That's it unless there is something wrong. They couldn't find our babies heart beat and I have been bleeding so we got one at 8 weeks. Sticks how much insurance runs our Healthcare.
In Australia we have one at around 7 to 8 weeks if u dont know your last period or if you have had past problems. At 11 weeks we usually have a trans nuceal one which checks for birth defects. I have 4 wks to wait. A whole month...