I am so worried

[Louise0904]

Would an early ultrasound be able to tell the difference from a 7 week foetus and an 11 week foetus? I have really regular periods and they’ve only just stopped after finding out I’m pregnant and it said 1-2 weeks since conception. Which would make me 4 weeks pregnant by lmp and clear blue digital. Isit likely that I conceived last month and not a few months prior?

If it says 1 to 2 weeks then that is likely to be accurate

Yes an ultrasound would be able to tell the difference between 7 and 11 weeks.

The ultrasound is v accurate. The tests much less so. Since your cycles are v regular can you not calculate how many weeks pregnant you are from your last period or am I missing something?

To give some context, me and my partner lost our first born at 22 weeks, I had really irregular periods back then and wasn’t sure how far along I was etc until scans. This has really scared me as it’s my first time being pregnant since.. people keep saying you could have mistaken your bleeding for a period and be further along than you think and that in itself is worrying me. I don’t expect people to understand how I’m feeling, I think I just need reassurance more than anything!

Is there a bereavement midwife at your hospital? I had a late stillbirth and whilst I am not having anymore children, (I already have some) I know many people from our hospital who have had a pregnancy after a loss and the bereavement midwife has been an incredible support for them. I'm sorry for your loss, it's awful.

I’m not sure, I think I need to look into it so I have someone to talk too. I have been tracking my fertile weeks etc and know when my periods have been to the date. I don’t think I could have been pregnant from prior weeks.... a pregnancy test after sexual intercourse wouldn’t take 7-8 weeks to show a positive would it?

No one can answer you OP on here. But I understand why you want reassurance. It's hard enough being unsure during the very early days without having had a loss beforehand.

Unfortunately no one here knows your body, or what's going on so we can't tell you, but I would try and see what support is available to you in your hospital - I know that where I am, there are extra scans and drop in reassurance clinics available run by the bereavement midwife. Unfortunately not all hospitals have one but it's worth finding out what support is available.

I would definitely phone your midwife team and see if you can get an early dating scan. They surely would understand why you are worried

@DueyCheatemAndHow

I would definitely phone your midwife team and see if you can get an early dating scan. They surely would understand why you are worried

From experience they won't just do a scan before 12 weeks if it's not clinically indicated such as bleeding etc. They don't just do reassurance ones, the NHS just doesn't have the resources. So advising OP in this way will be giving her false hope that she can have a scan.

They will be able to offer support in some way though, but it really isn't likely to be a scan.

Thank you everyone, I have booked a viability scan at 7 weeks so I’m hoping this will offer me some reassurance and they’d be able to tell me how far along I am etc without me having to worry.

@Louise0904

Thank you everyone, I have booked a viability scan at 7 weeks so I’m hoping this will offer me some reassurance and they’d be able to tell me how far along I am etc without me having to worry.

I hope all is well, however please be aware that private early viability scans are not at all recommended. It really is too early to offer you any reassurance at all. All they will be able to reliably do is tell you how big baby measures. Other than that, no information that they give you can be relied upon at such an early stage, I'm sorry.

@makelovenotpetrol my experience has been different. Worth OP phoning and asking at least.

Thanks though.

Will the baby measurements be accurate though? If they match my lmp would you say that would be accurate? If I was 4 - 8 weeks further along they would be able to tell me wouldn’t they?

No - this is why they're not recommended so early- it really is too early to tell anything.

I thought they’d be able to tell the difference between a foetus at 7 weeks compared to at 11 weeks but thank you for helping me

@Louise0904

I thought they’d be able to tell the difference between a foetus at 7 weeks compared to at 11 weeks but thank you for helping me

They can give you some information, but, because it is just too early to tell, they are not advised as something to do for reassurance at this very early stage. I'm sorry, I know you wanted someone to tell you that you could get some answers but unfortunately at this point you do just have to wait.

You definitely can ring your hospital to see what support is available for you.

I understand where you’re coming from... I know the reassurance they can give me will be at a minimum but I just assumed they’d be able to tell if I was much further than 7 weeks at a viability scan as the baby would look much bigger. Thank you so much x

@Louise0904

I understand where you’re coming from... I know the reassurance they can give me will be at a minimum but I just assumed they’d be able to tell if I was much further than 7 weeks at a viability scan as the baby would look much bigger. Thank you so much x

Baby is absolutely minute at this stage, so no, they can't give you accurate information. This is why the NHS are reluctant to do early scans unless there's a reason such as bleeding, and , when they do, you're told that it's generally to tell anything at this stage other than trying to confirm where a bleed is coming from.