Scan photo - confusion

[ConnieCaterpillar]

Hi Everyone

I hope this is in the right place and that my rambling makes sense.

We went for our first scan on Monday (first pregnancy) and all went well. Quick scan, lady said the heartbeat is all ok and viable pregnancy. Felt a little bit rushed and I couldn't really see much due to mask and glasses flogging plus lots of grey but maybe I was expecting a little too much, tummy wiped and out of the door. I asked about a photo and was told they will be emailed across and theres a charity box for donations. Perfect, received the scan picture today and can see where baby is, but I expected to see a little bit more I guess. I have googled 12 week scans and you can clearly see that baby is well a baby. My LO just looks like a dot. I have seen a few family members scans and ones from friends and they look like babies.... am I being silly or is this normal? Willing to be told I need to give my head a wobble, I just expected a little bit more development I guess. My last period was 23rd Jan and due date given is Oct 29th. Will try and upload a photo now if I can hide the identifying information as we havent shared our news yet either. Thank you all :)

[AngelDelightUk]

Weird of her to call it a “viable” pregnancy too, that would imply an earlier date too

[3JsMa]

Congratulations.
Gosh,that is appaling.
My guestimate is you are around 12 weeks and 3 days and normally you can see the baby pretty well,at least an outline of the body head,face and a bit of a leg or hand.I am assuming their equipment is pretty old hence a picture like this.But surely,they could pick up a better image or just explain that due to technical difficulties they won't be able to provide it.Sometimes NHS is just hoping parents will choose to have a private scan so they are not overly concerned with those images,as long as they can see that all is well from the medical point of view.
Would you be able to contact the scan department and ask for a better image?

[Mammaaof]

I can't believe there was no conversation while you were in there about how many weeks you were ect?? When I went for mine they were showing me the legs, arms, head explaining it all while they were looking. And it took a while as they had to measure all their limbs

[TakeYourFinalPosition]

@ConnieCaterpillar Is there dates on the scan? Or numbers? There should be for an NHS scan, along the top on the right usually I think.

[titchy]

Did they not do a nuchal measurement?

[PegPeople]

Do you think I'm less?

I think you're unlikely to be 12 weeks if they are still labeling the yolk sac. Even at 10 weeks my DS looked like a baby on the scan and no yolk sac was visible.

Did you see the monitor during the scan and did it look like a baby on the screen?

I would absolutely be ringing back and booking in for a private scan if they are unwilling to rescan you.

I'm still baffled they asked how big you were at birth though, that's such an odd and irrelevant question for a scan.

[Mammaaof]

There must be something along the top as you said that you had to work out how to cut out your details?

[Horehound]

You need to go back

[PinkCookie11]

They will call it a 12 weeks scan regardless when you walk in. As it’s either 12 or 20 weeks unless your seen frequently.
But for her to name it a yolk sac and not tell you exactly how big in terms of measurement and weeks is is bizzare esp for an nhs appointment.
I think your less, as you originally said you would see a baby.
You have a heartbeat which is amazing but I’d ring for more information or go for a private

[CornishGem1975]

Next to your details on the scan pic it will have a gestation and measurements. You will be able to tell from that roughly how far along you are. I agree, that is not a 12-week scan. Even my 10-week scan was a lot clearer than that.

[ConnieCaterpillar]

Hi everyone

Just spoken to my partner as he is at work and forwarded him the pictures, I'd hoped to show him this evening but slightly concerned now. He agrees that we need to phone and find out more, will keep you updated as much as I can. Thank you for your kind words, we havent told anyone yet as hoped to make an announcement at first family get together in months so couldn't really phone Mum or sister to ask, but made me feel a little bit better about my gut feeling!

[PinkCookie11]

Yeah I have to say I had a 7 and 9 week scan at my ivf clinic and I could actually see the baby

[romdowa]

My 8 week viability scan was far clearer , we could actually see the baby and the yolk sac. The sonographer told me how far along I was, pointed everything out and even told us that the baby was actually upside down . I'll be 11 weeks at my scan next week and I'm hoping that it will be clearer again. Maybe the equipment at your local hospital is just terrible.

[boredinthouse]

I had a scan where the yolk was labelled. I was five weeks pregnant. Went back at 12 weeks and the baby was definitely clearer. That looks like a scan much earlier than 12 weeks. Can you ring them to check?

[OneRankSuperior]

Agree with others this all sounds rather odd for a 12 week scan, both in terms of the process and the pictures. Hope you get some clarification OP!

[Horehound]

Just call the unit give them your details and ask them what they had as your current gestational week.

[PegPeople]

I also second a PP of looking at what they have recorded in your notes. That should also give you more information.

[MojoJojo71]

Sonographer here, I’m afraid I can’t make anything out on that photo at all. Perhaps they’ve emailed you the incorrect file? It’s a real shame you didn’t seem to be told much at the time or provided with a clear report either, that’s not really acceptable practice. I’d give the antenatal clinic a call for clarification if I were you.

Congratulations on seeing a lovely heartbeat though 💕

[ineedaholidaynow]

They’ve sent you the right scan? Are you details correct at the top?

[ineedaholidaynow]

Could you see the scan whilst it was being done? DS is 16 now so things may have changed but they did a nuchal scan and talked about that and pointed out heart beat. And talked about number of weeks i was

[FatAnneTheDealer]

Are you absolutely certain that that is your scan? Since they didn’t print it out for you at the time, it seems possible to me that it could be someone else’s! My DIL went for her 12 week scan and the photo is definitely her baby (they printed it out for her while she was with the sonographer) but they had forgotten to change the name on the machine. So her baby’s scan is labelled with the name and DOB of another woman! If the same thing happened in your case - someone was scanned with a very early pregnancy and your 12 week one after the other - and then there were two different scans with the same name, maybe they emailed you the wrong one? Just a thought. These kind of mix ups can happen.

[idontlikealdi]

Your name and dates should be on the top somewhere, along with the name of the hospital.

I had a 7 week reassurance scan ten years ago and it was better than that.

[elsaesmeralda]

I think they've sent you the wrong scan !

[ConnieCaterpillar]

Hi everyone
Thank you for your messages, had a very quick read through and realised I should have asked more questions. I think nerves and excitement had a part to play, and then left feeling a bit deflated. I've printed the email to see if that helps, which it doesn't it is shocking (but that might be my printer). The first scan photo with the yolk sac marked has the following information at the top - Toshiba, my full name, F, hospital name, date and time which match with when I went in. No information at the bottom apart from yolk sac.

The second photo has the same information at the top but on the bottom of the page says fetus A 27.9mm (rempen) 17 w 6d.

I presume that means 17weeks and 6 days? If so this definitely cannot be mine, my last two periods were normal (Jan and Dec).

Does anyone know what rempen means? I googled and it suggests a vaginal scan, my scan was definitely over my tum as seen on films etc. So maybe it isnt mine, although my details are at the top?

To be honest I found the whole experience a bit underwhelming but put that down to being alone, COVID, first time in a hospital in years, not having anyone to share news with etc. We couldn't bring anything in with us including bags etc so car keys were shoved in back pocket, very strict and felt the appt was quite brisk and person abrupt but I thought it was my hormones sandown feelings on the day. I think that's why I reached out today to see if I was being silly etc.

I'm still on hold at the moment so will update soon.

[PinkCookie11]

I’m so sorry you’ve had this experience.
17 weeks deffo not, typo for 7 weeks?? As that would maybe make sense.