Private scan was wrong !!! Stressful 24 hours

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I went for a reassurance scan yesterday and was told I was 7+1 which was bang on with LMP, However there was no heartbeat and no visible yolk sac. She showed me the “baby” and said she was sorry. I was then booked into the EPU today.

i was seen by 2 x senior sonographer’s who saw a baby , heartbeat and yolk sack. I showed them the report from the private clinic and the clinic was scanning a gestational sac bump instead of a baby. I hadn’t stopped crying after the no heart beat, I told work I wasn’t in because I lost a baby. I told my mum and BF mum we had lost the baby. I didn’t stop crying for 24 hours, I didn’t sleep one wink the stress of waiting for the inevitable miscarriage was so stressful.

my issue is I know exactly when I ovulated and I only had sex once so know my dates. I should be 6+6,5. I am measuring 6+1. Can this be normal is there a bit of Lea way this early. The sonographer said a lot can change in a week and may find I catch up or the baby is so small to measure it may be slightly off.

I feel happy but also so sad that it’s not measuring bigger. I am so cross with the clinic. I appreciate mistakes can happy but to be so sure the baby didn’t have a heartbeat and was so sure what she was measuring was a baby is ridiculous.

feel very nervous x

Oh I saw your thread yesterday and have been thinking about you!

I didn’t want to give you false hope yesterday but I really wanted to say I know this has happened many a time with private scans!

Yes very normal for early scans (or any scans) to not always match your dates 100%.
That is why it’s called an estimated due date.

These threads are a recurring theme.
Can't see why people waste their money on them when they do often seem to be anything but reassuring.

This push for private "reassurance" scans are just a money making deal. A lot are far too early and they cause anything but reassurance.

I had an NHS scan early on due to recurrent miscarriage. I was sure I was 6+2 due to knowing ovulation dates. Scan measured me at 5+ no heartbeat. They told me it was "a pregnancy of unknown viability", could be a miscarriage or could be wrong dates.

Went back a week later, heartbeat and measuring 6+

She's now 9 years old.

Try to have hope xx

I had two miscarriages, and due to this plenty of early reassurance scans with my now healthy toddler DS. They jumped a bit back and forth in size, so no - the measurements are not accurate. Five days off relative to your known ovulation date is not necessarily a concern (I used ovulation tests to get pregnant, too, so I was also fairly sure of my ovulation date).

I know it's hard, but try not to worry too much.

Please let the private clinic know they're idiots, though. Preferably in a public review. They shouldn't be making mistakes of that magnitude. I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I know how devastating the loss of a pregnancy is.

Very common! That's why every thread I say do not go for a private scan before 9 weeks. The only reputable one near me won't even accept a booking before 8 weeks.

Everything is so so small at that age. Measurements differing by millimeters will make days of difference.

I'm so sorry this has been your experience and I wish you a happy and healthy pregnancy x