FAQs

Gender Scans

No, Your entire family are more than welcome to attend. – All ages.

Our studio is fully equipped, including wheelchair access and an accessible restroom.

Our ultrasound scanner is basically a very powerful computer, its processor interprets the reflected high frequency sound waves into 3D pictures and also adds the fourth-dimension to give us real time imaging. (4D Movement).

We offer a free rescan with all our 4D baby scan packages. The quality of a 4D ultrasound depends on the baby’s position and the amount of fluid around their face. If the baby is lying in a position that makes imaging impossible, we will automatically rebook you for a rescan. Although we strive to obtain the best possible imaging, if your baby is nestled comfortably and won’t move, we may not be able to capture any pictures. The free rescan is provided with the understanding that we cannot guarantee a favourable position for the 4D scan. This free rescan has no monetary value and cannot be transferred or sold to a third party.

We begin in 2D, similar to a hospital scan, and the NHS trained sonographer will check on your baby. We don’t look for abnormalities, but if we notice something concerning, we’ll refer you to your NHS hospital.

You’ll see and hear your baby’s heartbeat and we can determine the baby’s sex from three angles. We’ll explain why we think it’s a boy or girl. If you prefer not to know the sex, we simply won’t check.

Next, we’ll prepare for the 4D scan, which depends on the baby’s position and the amount of fluid in front of the face. The more fluid, the better the images. You’ll see your baby’s movements and facial expressions. It’s hard to tell if the baby is awake or sleeping since they move a lot, and rarely have their eyes open, though they might blink occasionally.

If the baby is face down or behind the placenta, it can be hard to get good images. In that case, we might ask you to change position, take a walk, eat chocolate, or drink something to encourage movement. If the position is good, you’ll see your baby’s face, so relax and enjoy this precious moment.

There is plenty of free parking available at both our Nottingham and Sheffield studios.

Yes! Everyone is welcome to our scans. There are no guest limits at Nottingham and Sheffield.

You can eat and drink normally before your baby scan.

We recommend drinking two extra glasses of water each day for 6-7 days to improve the results.

It’s crucial to have a full bladder between 12 weeks and 26 weeks.

This pushes the baby up and out of your pelvis and improves the clarity and quality of the images we capture. Scanning through the bladder also helps with this.

Yes, of course! 

You do not have to find the gender on any of our scans including our sneak peek gender scan.

Please make our staff aware when you arrive and we will simply not look.

Assistance Dogs are very welcome. Please make us aware when booking your scan. 

We are a 4D Ultrasound baby Bonding Studio and as such do not carry out any diagnostic or clinical scanning. Our staff are trained in all aspects of foetal ultrasound and in the very unlikely event of finding a problem we will explain as fully as we are able and refer you to your NHS hospital. 

We do offer a basic 2D reassurance and wellbeing baby scan from 12 weeks. You must have had an early or dating scan to confirm your due date with us. it is not possible to gender before 15 weeks.

Many things are important in getting good clear images of your baby. We use a state-of-the-art Voluson ultrasound scanner that is used in most bonding studios.

All our clients must have had a diagnostic hospital scan as this substantially reduces the risk of our finding problems. We do not look for defects but there is a very small possibility that we may find something. When this situations arises we handle it with the same professional restraint you typically see in all diagnostic settings and will refer you to your hospital and midwife. 

No. Despite extensive studies over the last 30 years ultrasound has not been shown to cause any harm to mother or baby.

We can accommodate any gender reveal options, balloons, canons, scratch cards are all available to pre-order or buy on the day. Please let the team know on arrival and reception can organise it for you.