Not sure what I’m expecting here, I know no one can tell me what’s happening or going to happen, I am just wondering if anyone can help me figure out where these dates are coming from…
I came off the pill mid-Dec, I didn’t have a period between then and finding out I was pregnant on 10th Jan on an early detection test. Because I have no LMP date, it’s a struggle to date it anyway, but we DTD 24th Dec and 27th Dec (and haven’t since). So I must have ovulated around one of those dates to have caught and gotten pregnant.
I went for an early scan today (I know, I’m a twat, wish I hadn’t bothered) expecting to be AROUND 8-9wks (rough conception date +2 weeks). I had told myself anything between 7-9 would be acceptable in my head. However, it’s measuring at 5w5d! However they did say that’s what they could measure as it’s so close to the uterine wall, but could guess a range between 6-7. BUT… and this is where I’m confused - it has a heartbeat. Surely if it had stopped developing at that gestation, 3wks ago, that heartbeat would have stopped by now? And if that is right; when I got that BFP on 10th Jan I wouldn’t have actually been pregnant at all!
I tried to ask all of these questions, and they were helpful, but they almost couldn’t understand why I was so concerned as they said it’s a viable uterine pregnancy with a fetal heartbeat! I’ve also been reading that a heartbeat is usually detectable from 6-7wks, so seems quite early to have picked one up, especially in something not developing? I asked if the heartbeat seemed slow or weak and they said not at all.
I have my booking appt on Friday, I now feel a bit of a fraud. I don’t know if I should mention this to the midwife or not? It was a private scan and I know NHS HCP aren’t too keen on them (I can totally see why). So I’m not really sure what to do.
I know there can be discrepancies between ovulation, sperm staying alive for a few days, later implantation etc… but 3 weeks difference? Surely not? Can anyone maybe help me see something I’m missing?