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I skipped it.

I opt out. Leave a little bit of extra time Togo through security because you sometimes have a bit of a wait for a pat down.

@Truth Bombs: that's what I did too.

I flew a bunch of times and I opted out. My dr said it was safe to go through the scanners but if I want to opt out, I could. Opting out did take longer because they had to wait for a female TSA agent to be available and the pat down itself took a few minutes.
I fly I think often so it was a change of pace for me.

I opted out. Like pp said it can take a little longer depending on how busy they are and how many female TSA people they have.

I was curious and looked some stuff up.

This is interesting.

"The agency says each scan emits less than 1/1,000 of the radiation given off in a standard chest X-ray, or the equivalent of two minutes of high-altitude flight."

http://www.babycenter.com/404_is-it-safe-to-walk-through-airport-screening-machines-while_2616.bc

So if you are flying more than 2 minutes, you are already exposing yourself to more radiation then you would have going through the scanners.

edit : Another one

"We get exposed to radiation all the time from being on the ground, and certainly flying increases that a bit. But the kind of radiation you're exposed to [during air travel] doesn't have much penetration into the body, so it's unlikely to ever cause fetal exposure at all."

http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/top-7-pregnancy-myths?page=2

Like I said... I was still paranoid. I probably still would have gotten patted down even with this information.

I opted out each time. Better safe than sorry, just in case.

I just went through the scanners. It is totally safe!

I did and got a patdown instead.

I traveled quite a bit when I was pregnant with my first. The first time I traveled (I was not really showing), I asked to be opted out and it was no big deal at my home airport. Granted it was ATL Hartsfield and it's the "world busiest."

On my way home, I again asked to be opted out at the New Orleans airport. It was a small terminal and not that many people. It took 20 minutes for a female TSA agent to come and another 5 minutes to guide me into an off location room. The pat down took another 10 minutes, which was highly uncomfortable. I almost missed my flight and had to run to my gate to make it in time.

Afterwards, I just opted to go into the scanner.

Opted out.

I just flew this weekend and opted out. I'm not a huge fan of the body scanners anyway, so being pregnant put me over the edge. I did have to wait an extra 10 minutes in O'Hare for them to find someone to give me a pat down, which was annoying.

I opted out.

I always just go through

I opted out, not a big deal to have a pat down and why risk it? I didn't find the pat down's invasive-not like they are groping you or anything. I flew a lot and probably had 5 pat downs.

I opted for the pat-down.

I opted out each time. It was a little longer and I travel a lot for work, but for piece of mind, it worked for me!

@Rainbow Sprinkles: It's not pointless if it makes a mama feel less stressed/worried!

I flew a ton my second pregnancy and I opted out once and it was a pita waiting for someone to of me down.