Articles & Expert Guides on Pregnancy Scans

Medically-reviewed expert guides, tips, real-life stories, and articles on Pregnancy Scans

5D Ultrasound: Worth the Splurge or Just Hype?

Tassia O'Callaghan

Baby Heart Rate: Gender Predictor or Old Wives’ Tale?

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Nub Theory: The Most Accurate Weeks and Why

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Pregnancy Scans: Your List of Scans During Pregnancy

Deborah Vieyra

40 Week Ultrasound: Key Facts

Tassia O'Callaghan

8-Week Ultrasound: What to Expect

Peanut

Your 11-Week Ultrasound: What to Expect & What You Can See

Deborah Vieyra

36-Week Ultrasound: What to Expect

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Your 12-Week Ultrasound: What to Expect

Tassia O'Callaghan

What to Expect at Your 15-Week Ultrasound

Deborah Vieyra

What is a 4D Ultrasound?

Tassia O'Callaghan

1-Week Ultrasound: Can You See Anything?

Tassia O'Callaghan

3D Ultrasound: A Better Look at Baby? Here’s All You Need to Know

Tassia O'Callaghan

Nuchal Translucency Ultrasound: What You Need to Know

Tassia O'Callaghan

What to Expect at Your 20 Week Ultrasound

Tassia O'Callaghan

What to Expect at Your 7-Week Ultrasound

Tassia Agatowski

What to Expect at Your 16-Week Ultrasound

Tassia Agatowski

30 Week Ultrasound: What to Expect

Tassia O'Callaghan

From the community

Low PAPP-A advice

I’ve just had a call from my midwife following from my 12 week scan on Wednesday saying I have low PAPP-A and have been advised to take aspirin every night, she didn’t seemed too concerned but I obviously have been googling everything and have sent myself down a hole.. anyone else had PAPP-A and everything was ok? My scan was on the 47th percentile at 12 weeks.
Any advice or reassurance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

I need advice

I had an internal scan on Wednesday , my LMP was 24th July 2026 so from that date I would’ve been about 6 weeks and 4 days on Wednesday. I’m having regular scans due to miscarriage before and I was having pain 2 weeks ago, but I had my scan and they can only see a gestational sac there’s still no yolk sac and fetal pole is this normal. They are saying I’m probably still so early to see it but I’ve got really bad anxiety so I’m worried about it all, my hcg is going up and my tests are getting darker but I’m still so worried. I started getting spotting Wednesday as well and nothing goes onto my pad it’s only when I wipe but it’s more red now. Yesterday my test also changed to 3+ after it being on 2-3 for 2 weeks but I done another test this morning when I woke up because of the pain and bleeding and it’s gone back down to 2-3 im really worried

When you get a scan too early...

When you get a scan too early because of bleeding and you need to go back in 2 weeks for another one what do you do if your bleeding within those 2 weeks?

a little concerned

so i’ve seen multiple people have 20 week anatomy scan and people have genetic testing done before or at 20 weeks but i’m concerned that my ob hasn’t done genetic testing or a anatomy scan.

24 week growth scan twins

Went to the growth scan and good news thank God. They're doing really well their both weighing at a 1.6 pounds each and no concerns as of yet. Really pleased.

How did your little ones weigh in at 24 weeks if you had a scan then let me know 😊😊

Baby has a small head

Hi all,just came back from an extra scan. At 20 weeks the baby's body was around the 50th percentile mark(middle line) but the head was more on the 10th percentile. Since the I've had two scans, one at 31 weeks which showed same thing but the baby's head dropped below the 10th percentile line and now almost 34 weeks and although everything has grown(including the head) ,the head is still tracking under the 3rd percentile line now. They have referred me for further investigation. Has anyone had a similar experience? What scans are done?

Breeched Baby

So I went to my ob yesterday. I have been having TERRIBLE pain in my pelvic area and awful nausea. My feet are humongous and I'm retaining water. My ob thought this was all strange, so she did an ultrasound and my baby is breeched. He is kicking me right in the vagina and making me so sick. I will be 29 weeks tomorrow , so he still has time to turn around, but they want to keep an eye on him. Did anyone else go through this? What happened?