How do you manage your OB appointments

Hi, I am new here and have been searching the internet for weeks for an answer. I can't possibly be the only person with this issue can I?

I have my doctor and ultrasound visit every two weeks, but because I can't lay on my back or have my back touching anything, my visits are pretty quick and we can't see much. My next appointment is next Friday and I am determined to last the whole 30 minutes and get all the info and pics that we need.

Does anyone have any suggestions for laying down for the appointment? I have tried sitting up, but we can't see anything that way either.

Thanks for your help,
Dan

 

A couple questions: why can't you lay on your back? how far along are you?

I never really had a big problem laying on my back. Have you tried laying on your side? I know I layed on my side some for my 3D ultrasound. Or maybe try bringing a small pillow to use for support? Or can they not lay the table back all the way?

 

Hey I had the same issue while I was on bedrest. I was on procardia which made my blood pressure really low, so if I laid anywhere close to flat, I would throw up. To get around this, they would prop the bed up some and I would lay slightly on my side. It seemed like if I propped a pillow under my side and tilted to the side from the beginning of the u/s that I wouldn't have issues. HTH!

 

My last couple of ultrasounds were done while lying on my side. I still remember the first one that way, the doc said, let's give this a try, and I laid back and almost immediately started gasping for air, I couldn't breathe that way at all. So he said no problem and rolled me to my side, the u/s was just as long and we saw just as much that way.
Does a tec do your u/s or a doctor? An OB should know how to do it, and should understand that you can't breathe.

 

At my first ultrasound, the tech made me lay on my back, and halfway through, we had to take a break because I was about to pass out. The tech then let me lay on my side for the other half of the u/s and that helped immensely. My next u/s, I had a different tech who wouldn't let me lay on my side, so I had to take a lot of breaks throughout the u/s (I think the tech was slightly annoyed, but I couldn't help it, and she was the one who wouldn't budge). I think the idea of using a pillow to prop yourself up would really help. Plus, ask if you can lay on your side, and that would help as well.

 

For the first half of my pregnancy I was alright to lay on my back at my ultrasounds ~ At the end of my pregnancy I almost passed out from lying on my back when at the dr's office!
They had my lie partially on my side while lying on an incline & that worked out well :good:

Good luck!

 

I managed to lie back (but with the exam table raised and some extra pillows to prop me up) for my u/s, but it was pretty uncomfortable. I'm not sure what you mean by "can't have my back touching anything" -- is it because it's painful?

 

Thanks everyone. I will try laying on my side with a pillow under my bum/back again. Hopefully I can mentally power through 30 minutes of ultra sound. .... I really want a good one this time.

It does not hurt to have anything on my back, but I am so sensitive with that vein back there, that I get light headed if anything is touching it. I have to sit leaning forward at almost all times. Needless to say driving the car is difficult!

Thanks again!