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1. Heck yes!! My mom and little sister came in too. No way I would have let someone say DH couldn't come!!

2. I didn't ask or try but my tech was awesome so I'm sure she would have been fine with it.

3. Yes! They were awesome. Ours were printed on 5x7 photo paper! They even asked me of there were additional pics I wanted so I had them take a few more there was no additional charge.

4. I was in my clothes the whole time

5.Didn't do this either... I just had her tell me

I haven't had my anatomy scan, but based on all my ultrasounds to date:

1. Yes, DH definitely comes in and stays in the whole time.

2. No photography or video is allowed. I think this is for liability reasons.

3. They always print off a bunch of photos for us for free.

4. I always am in my regular clothes. If you wear a dress, you'll just pull that up, and they'll put a sheet over your botomnhalf. If you wear pants/skirt, you van just push the waist down and raise your shirt over your tummy.

5. I asked the tech to do this last time if she could tell because D/H was out of town. She said that was fine. Then, she just started showing me the parts and explaining why she couldn't quite tell which gender it was. So, I'm not sure what she would have done if she could actually tell the gender for sure.

1. Yes, of course!!! He was right there the whole time.

2. I don't know, we didn't ask...we got print outs of the pictures.

3. Yup, we got like 4 or 5 photos. We didn't have to ask for them, they assumed we wanted them, which we did NO charge for them.

4. Regular clothes, just pull your pants down to your hips.

5. Didn't do this.

1) yes, my husband has been with me to 2 appts and my sister another one. There was a huge TV screen and he could see everything, ask questions,etc. He even gets up and points at things on the screen to confirm parts b/c he can read cross sections pretty well.

2) I didn't try to but I did snap a couple of blurry shots of the screen while on the bed with my phone. The tech didn't say anything. And I got a DVD of our 12 week u/s to take home. My GF went to the same dr. And her husband has video from his iPhone actually.

3) Yes! Only one time I didn't (it wasn't a scheduled u/s and really short just to find the HB) and I regretted not asking. All other times we got pics w/out asking (and video as mentioned above).

4) Regular clothes except for my 6 and 12 week (too early) when I had transvaginal u/s.

5) we found out. But they would be good about not telling u. Though in most cases I've seen by 20 weeks, even u and ur DH could probably tell what it is.

1. Yes, one person is allowed.

2. No - they also didn't give us any information, positive or negative which was annoying.

3. They automatically took tons

4. I don't remember

5. n/a

1. Wow, wtf? I've never heard of that. Of course, all my scans are at my OB's office so idk if it's different if you have to go to a separate facility, but that seems like an insane rule. In fact, at an earlier scan my husband was running late and he came in halfway through and the tech told me that if that happens again just let her know and she'll wait for him to come. She had just finished but redid the scan so he could see!

2. I don't know because we didn't ask. I'd heard so man things about how it wasn't allowed elsewhere, I didn't bother. Because...

3. We did get photos, and knew we would because we always get photos at all our scans, even if it was a scan for cervical measurement. She would do the measurement then look at the baby and print photos for our benefit. No extra cost.

4. Stayed in regular clothes -- it's an external scan, meaning not transvaginal, so there was no need to change. (I didn't have to wear a gown for transvaginals either though, just took my bottoms off and had a paper draped over me.

5. n/a, we wanted to know the gender.

And just to add, the anatomy scan is unreal and amazing, especially since it's your only one! You see so much stuff and we were asking her left and right what's that, what's that? They have most of their parts developing by then so it's just like a little mini human. It's so cool, and I could stare at him moving around for ages!

1. Yes, my husband, parents and son were all in the room each time.

2. We gave them a blank DVD to record it.

3. They gave lots of photos automatically! No extra cost, I believe.

4. Regular clothes, just pulled up my shirt and had to pull my pants down a little bit.

5. N/A

1. I might have been the one you're thinking of whose husband wasn't allowed in the room. For some reason this is the policy at all the u/s clinics in my city for pre-natal u/s. I don't know why. I think it's disgusting and ethically unsound. To be clear, he was allowed in at the end (and so was my mother), but not until after the tech did all the measurements. Thankfully, based on the other responses on this thread, it sounds like my city is the only one with this ridiculous policy, and your DH will more than likely be allowed in the room

2. I didn't ask. The screen was turned away from me 95% of the time (until DH and my mum came in the room).

3.They automatically printed some for us. There was no charge.

4. Regular clothes.

5. N/A

1. Yes, it was never even a question of who was in there.

2. We didn't ask.

3. They automatically printed some for us.

4. I stayed in my regular clothes as I was wearing jeans and a tee.

5. We had an elective U/S at 14w, so we knew it was a girl, but we did want her to confirm, so we just said we didn't know.