This was an interesting one. We had a 12 week scan in the UK before we left to check all was OK, and, as we didn’t really know when we’d be able to do the next scan, we also had a NIPT test.
Then, once we’d set sail, I enlisted the help of two friends, one french and one spanish, to try and book 20 week scans somewhere on the continent. The French were French and impossible, but we managed to provisionally book a couple in Galicia allowing us time to cross Biscay with favourable weather.
It’s not free in Europe unless you have all the local paperwork or are covered by EHIC (E111), but the prices for a scan were from 80-110 Euros.
The doctor who did our scan was lovely, although she did tell us we were having a girl (even though we knew it’s a boy), but then she zoomed in further and apologised for her mistake pointing out his “poco poco testicular”. Language was a hurdle but luckily a lot of medicine comes from Latin and we got by.
The final test was a blood test in Gibraltar for iron etc.
I obviously missed out on some midwifery care, but I bought some urine sticks, a blood pressure monitor and scales to take with me and monitored myself.