yolk sac, but no baby!?

[beclou94]

slightly worried. had a private scan this morning, booked it due to having some spotting last weekend and wanted to make sure all is going ok in there! however, they couldn't find a fetal pole with a heartbeat, just a yolk sac. I worked out from my last period I'm about 5 weeks and 4 days along, is this normal? have another scan booked for tuesday at the hospital, so just waiting to hear what they have to say.. does this scan look ok for how far along I am? has anyone else been through a similar thing?

thanks :) x

How you doing, bec?

I've spoke to quite a few of you lovely ladies, so thought I'd keep you updated :) after a private scan on Saturday, I was left feeling very confused. All we saw was a tiny yolk sac, and I mean tiny. This morning we went for our scan at the hospital, the yolk sac is looking so much bigger within the space of a few days! :D still no baby to be seen, but they think I'm around 5 weeks and 3 days, not 6 weeks like I originally thought. Although I'm not over the moon, because I'd of loved to see baby, I'm happy everything growing and going in the right direction. We have another scan next Friday, so hoping to see baby then as I'll be almost 7 weeks. The sonographer seemed to think I was just too early on to see baby, and the spotting I had a couple of weeks ago was just the right time for implantation bleeding. I'm really praying baby is growing away in there! X

Thanks for the update, and glad things are looking positive - have been thinking of you. Hope so much the next scan is what you need it to be.

Thank you very much. I'm hopeful, the sac looked like a proper sac today :) so much bigger. Roll on next Friday! X

it sounds positive, fingers tightly crossed for you! it's so easy to get the dates slightly wrong, as your body isn't a machine, and implantation can take a couple of days - although there was a hb at my first scan, I was told it was too small for the dates. it was 50/50 whether the dates were out or the baby wasn't growing. it was indeed the dates and I am 25 weeks today.

lots of luck!

Yes, definitely. Well it makes sense now they've put me back, that my spotting would've been implantation bleeding as the time would've been right for it. :) feel a lot better now. X

I hope your latest scan reassured you a bit. Try not to worry, the same thing happened to me at 5 weeks, there was nothing but a sac. I went back at 7 weeks and saw a hb and a tiny baby. He is now 3 years old!

What happened did you get the scan postponed, hope all is well

Oh just saw the update so my last post makes no sense! This all sounds like great news, good luck with the next scan and hope the inevitable mor in sickness doesn't kick in too soon