Weekly Ultrasounds?

Hello everyone,

I am 37 weeks and starting my weekly OB visits, my OB office just called to inform me that the Dr requested ultrasounds with each weekly appt. They were unable to give me details as to why that is the case.

Has anyone had this happen? I have had monthly ultrasounds for 4 months and my baby girl is doing well, no issues my entire pregnancy.

I am a bit overweight and had a gastric sleeve done a year ago but no issues otherwise.

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Hi, I get weekly ultrasounds as well since I was 33 weeks. I have gestational diabetes so for me, Dr is monitoring baby via ultrasounds. Most of them are biophysical profiles, just a test the baby has to pass. Some of the ultrasounds they measure baby's weight/size. For the most part it's just to monitor baby along with the non stress test.
When do you see your Dr again so you can ask for the reasoning of the ultrasounds? It's annoying when you're not told up front why you have to have certain procedures done.

Mine has been doing monthly (now weekly) ultrasounds because I have MS and more complications can arise later in pregnancy. They may just want to keep an eye on you because of the gastric sleeve. Could also just be the way they do it

I just got my appointment this morning. 36 weeks and my baby is still not head down , he is transverse, so they want to check me every week.

I hope it all goes well for you. I would encourage you to ask your doctor the reason behind it.

I’ve experienced sometimes providers throw out words I don’t understand or suggest procedures that I had not heard about before.

Before I used to be scared to ask but a few years back I got into the habit of asking for clarification and reasoning behind everything. This gives me piece of mind.

They may think I’m over the top but every patient deserves to know.

I plan to go in with the same mindset for labor and fall back on my labor team (my family) if I forget to ask something.

You got this mama. Good luck!

i’ve heard it’s normal for most pregnancies at that stage to be seen weekly

I get one every week (along with two nst a week) due to my hypertension and gestational diabetes. It’s weird that she wouldn’t tell you why! I would just double check

I had WLS last December and am now 34 weeks and have been having the weekly ultrasounds for the past month

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I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

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All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

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