Bugger a scan before 6 weeks is unlikely to tell you anything other than the pregnancy is in the right place. For that reason it is best to have them after 6.5 weeks - or even later if you can force yourself. All is not lost at all. It is just too early. Take it from the queen of early scans (probably had about 15 early scans ie before 7 weeks and about 15 before 12 weeks) I am like a walking encyclopedia of embryo growth. Problem with going early is the guidelines nearly always say two weeks which turns into dog weeks which is hell on earth waiting. But remain positive - you have every reason to be.
Ice Yay yay and thrice ya - I bloody love that first scan. The heartbeat scan still means so much to me - I find them more moving then even seeing the whole baby. I think I am weird but it is normally the one that goes wrong for me so it just is the most beautiful sight ever.
Wilde I too always feel pregnant pretty much monthly with my cycle. Cruel and mean for most of the time but also means I am ultra sensitive to the real deal and know really early on. I have a spidey sense.
Martha, Martha, Martha I am rubbish with words but good with licking. And good with the use of the word cunt. That your friend has been taken by that cunt cancer is heartbreaking. That you have had the time to say proper goodbyes and that she knew how much she meant to you is something that even that cunt cancer cannot take from you. And that you have a new life inside you now is proof of the eternal circle of life. See how I ruined there with disney references - low brow tramp that i am Come and lament with us virtual moshers. Grief and hormones is a powerful combination - don't underestimate it and make sure you are taking care of yourself.
Confused I bloody hope you are pregnant - otherwise you should be ashamed being tipsy on one glass of wine. 
Great joy and tits, little tits and Jaffa so many of us clocking up the 20 week baby air miles. It makes me feel so proud!
kirrin and farfalla Good luck with your scans.
Marbles Dealing with all of that with your DH so soon after your loss must have been so difficult. What a tough time for you and your family. You are one strong lady so getting through all that. And yay to getting hammered - what I always do when faced with AF or CP or MC!
Well I tried to post last night but my phone was not cooperating. Had a total metalling melt down. Been having Brixton Hicks as they will now forever be called to the extent that my bump was tight all afternoon. This had been happening since Saturday and beginning to take my breath away sometimes - didn't feel right. Called triage who said come in. Anyway cut a long story short I was waiting for 6 hours to see a Dr, midwifes were fecking rude and unhelpful and it just really set me off.
Me: 'I know you can't say exactly but I have a babysitter and I have been here for 5 hours, any idea of if/when a Doctor will be here'
Midwife 'You will be seen, when you are seen'
Me skulking back to my cubical for a good cry
Reminded me of my vile birth experience in that hospital and all my losses and I was a total tearful wreck. Good news is it is a bad case of thrush 
that seems to be the culprit and all is fine but the whole experience was too much. Just when I think i am together it all comes back to get me. I think perhaps I too need some counseling, When I feel powerless with HCP's I kind of meltdown. This is problematic me thinks. I have to deal with the feckers all the time. The situation was salvaged by a lovely lady who noticed my strop and was so sweet and kind to me that I soon realised what a mental metalling wretch I was but I didn't get home till gone midnight. Taking it easy today, and it is lovely. Enough me me me, I best be off.