I need to have 32 ounces in my bladder before my anatomy scan next week. I had a hard time with holding it in for my scans for LO 1 and 2.
Are you required to drink a lot of water before your anatomy scan? My friend has never heard of this! 
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Yep - I barely got down 20 oz and she said "wow, you did great with the water"
There is no way I could have "fit" 32 oz in there!
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They told me I didn't have to have a full bladder for the anatomy scan thank god. It was so hard for the nt scan!
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@Mamaof2: Ha, the scheduler told me 40 ounces last week so I was relieved to "only" see 32 ounces on my reminder letter!
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Nope. Never heard of having to do that. That's a lot of water!
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For my dating scan, 32oz, and for my anatomy, 12oz. Each time though, the tech commented on how full my bladder was and eventually let me pee!
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I never heard of it! They actually always made me empty my bladder!
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Nope, just a full bladder!
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No way!! I just had my 20w scan (I also had ones at 12 and 16w). My MFM actually makes me go pee just before they start! They do an internal ultrasound first that they need an empty bladder for and then they do the external u/s... with an empty bladder.
So to be honest, I think once you're that far along the size o f your bladder probably does not make a huge difference in whether they can see the uterus/baby well enough (they are both big at that point!). If it was me, I would really not sweat it. Not worth being totally miserable.
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My bladder doesn't hold anywhere close to 32oz not pregnant! I know for sure, because I had to pee in a starbucks cup on the side of the road when we got stuck in traffic once (deep snow, so didn't want to squat, and the cup was all I had). The cup was a grande so, 16oz? I filled it almost all the way up, and at that point my bladder was bursting. And I absolutely couldn't have held it any longer, or I would have! I did NOT want to pee outside! So 32oz while pregnant is a total joke. I'm literally peeing every 10 minutes right now if I drink too much water at once. But I do have a very small bladder. (And sorry that's a fairly tmi story, but it's relevant!)
I not only didn't have to do a hold before, I was told specifically to pee before going in. I can't imagine how miserable I'd be with them doing all that pressing on my belly with a full bladder! Pretty sure I'd ask why they need it and refuse unless they made a very convincing argument!
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They told me 20oz and let me pee halfway through. It was rough!
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No they told me not to have a full bladder for that one. Nearly wet myself during the 12-week scan though!!
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No, she actually has me give a urine sample before so I would be more comfortable and not have to pee.
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I had to do that for my dating scan at 9 weeks but not for the anatomy.
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Nope. I think I peed right before.
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Nope never heard of it
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Nope! I've heard Kaiser makes their patients do that though.
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Nope, and I probably peed when I got there anyway.
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Nope, they asked me if I needed to use the bathroom right before too.
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Nope, the tech actually told me to go pee so I'd be more comfortable.
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I didn't have to drink any extra water for mine!
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Nope. They made me pee right before, and get up and pee again half way through!
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Nope! I'm always told to empty my bladder before any ultrasounds.
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Only had to drink water before my NT scan. Both the dating u/s at 9 weeks (internal u/s) and the anatomy scan didn't require it.
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Yes! 32 oz here too. Luckily she let me ped halfway through.
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32 oz without peeing? I couldn't do that, no way! And definitely not 40! Crazy! They didn't give me any special instructions for my last and so far not for this one either when I scheduled it!
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None! I drank a lot before the scan just in case, and the tech was laughing at me for being so silly!
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Yes and it was awful
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I didn't have to do it for my dating u/s (10-11 weeks) which was transvaginal, but I had to do it for my anatomy u/s (21 weeks) which was the outside u/s. The tech told me that it is not necessary for the transvaginal u/s that I had for the dating u/s.
Drinking 32 oz of water prior to the anatomy u/s was to help get a good measurement of the cervix, iirc. She took those measurements first and let me pee right after. Then she let me pee again at the halfway point, and I went again once we were done (because preggo, hehe)
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Well, having said on here that I'd never been told to drink before an ultrasound, today when I went in I asked to pee, and she said I needed my bladder full. When I said I'd never had to do that before, for anatomy scans or any others (including at the same office), she acted like I was completely crazy. So...? But I'm glad they didn't tell me ahead of time. I actually peed when we first arrived and only asked to go again because I didn't want to be uncomfortable, not because I really bad needed to go.
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Nope – I've never been told to drink anything for any of my ultrasounds. And they've actually always had me pee beforehand as well so I've always had ultrasounds with an empty bladder.
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Only for my dating ultrasound
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No only the dating scan. They had me empty my bladder before the anatomy scan.
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Yes, which I did for E's dating scan- and I cried and cried, it hurt so bad. So here's what I did for every scan after: 48 hours before I drank and drank to get really hydrated for a good picture. Then I peed about half an hour before we left, then drank my 32 oz in the car on the way over. It was in my bladder by the time of my scan and they were happy.
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