My lmp was 30th May (which made me 8+1 on Weds), but I ovulate late in the month (between cd 18-20, so I think I'd be about 7wks by that calculation).
I had a scan on Wednesday, after I had a bit of spotting (5-6 drops). I've also had lots of cramping and lower back pain, like a period, but I've had that throughout the pregnancy. It was a private scan, but I was lucky as it was done by a senior consultant from the local hospital. I have a retroverted/tilted uterus - if that makes a difference, and he did an internal scan after the normal one to see if he could see anymore - but he said he couldn't.
He said it wasn't good news - that the sac was a good shape but was measuring about 6.1wks and the foetal pole was 3.75 (ext scan)-4mm (int scan), which is about 5.75-6wks but there was no heartbeat.
He advised that the medical definition of non-viable is if it was 6mm with no heartbeat, but that with advances in scanner technology they should be able to see a heartbeat at 4mm. He also said that nowadays you could often see a heartbeat before you saw a foetal pole. I'm also obv small for my dates.
His advice was to wait for 7-10 days then be rescanned, but that it was a very slim chance that things would have changed. But despite his words of caution I can't stop my hopes being raised... that perhaps its just the dates and I'm not as far along because of late ovulation and it'll all be ok.
Realistically though... the late ov only makes me 1wk out and the measurements make me 2wks out, so I shouldn't be optimistic should I? :(
Sorry long post, but any advice would be appreciated - I'm torn between being devastated (it took 1.5yrs to conceive this baby) and feeling that everything will be fine.