Heya just wondering how standard it is to not have a scan at all until birth, I’m currently 33 weeks and I haven’t got one since the anomaly scan at 20 weeks. It’s kinda worrying?
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If you're not high risk and they haven't seen anything to worry about then you won't be booked in for a scan after 20 weeks - hospitals typically won't scan you after 25 weeks as the baby gets bigger, their visibility is less clear.
I'm 32 weeks and I decided I wanted to have a private 4D scan, to see how baby is developing and it's that bit of reassurance and it put me at ease as 20 weeks to giving birth is such a long wait!
If you did want to go private and have a 4D wellness check they advise going in before 34 weeks where possible!
Hope that helps and I'm sure you have absolutely nothing to worry about if they've not contacted you since your 20 weeks and your antenatals are going well! 🙏🏼😊 Xx

That's normal in NHS care. If you have no additional risk factors and they're happy with your growth and measurements then the 20 week scan is your last one.
This page lays out the normal plan of care for appointments https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/your-pregnancy-care/your-antenatal-appointments/

I am the same as you - I haven’t been offered any extra scans so far and my last was at 20 weeks. Now almost 33 weeks and it feels so so long since then! Apparently different trusts do things differently. I even had a symptom that I got checked out which in the process of doing so, I had the monitoring straps on and even then no scan was offered - so I’m hoping like others are saying on here, to just take it as a good thing! Though the anomaly scan feels almost uncomfortably forever ago now!

It’s normal. You only get additional scans if you have risk factors for growing a small baby, a reason that your abdomen can be measured (such as a raised BMI, large fibroid or multiple babies) or concerns develop from consultations (abnormal measurements with the midwife, diabetes etc)

I'm in the US now and it is normal in some hospitals too... even though they can make money from you lol. I'll have a quick bedside scan this week to confirm head is down, but midwife felt it at last appointment and I'm 99% sure she is in the same position.
Ended up borrowing a friend's ultrasound device (she's a med student) and was able to do a scan ourselves, which was cool, but the face freaked me out lol 💀

Very standard. Provided there's no issues and you're low risk. 2 scans. 12 and 20 weeks.

Yeah same here girl, weird af 😅 34 weeks today.