Is this a ‘normal’ early scan experience?

[CurlyTwirlyTwos]

Due to suffering recurrent miscarriage, I went for an early scan today.

I expected to be 8+2w, but measured 7+1w - more than a week behind! I know that early scans are notoriously unreliable for dating, but was led to believe +/- 5 days is normal. This is over 8 days out!

I have to add that sonographer said that everything looks ‘normal’ and there was a heartbeat etc

It hasn’t filled me with the confidence I was desperately hoping for - I normally ovulate early in my cycle. With previous pregnancies I’ve always measured ahead.

Has anyone else had experience of being over a week out of their LMP?

My first scan is Thursday. I'm hoping I'm week behind as I think I'm 14 weeks. I'll let you know if mine is behind

I measured behind during my early scan by about 5 days and then three days ahead at my dating one. If you’ve seen a heartbeat then that’s positive news!

I measured four days behind at my first scan and then was dated based on the first day of my last period and measurements at my 12 week scan. Try not to worry - heart beat is very positive news!

The usual range of plus or minus 4 days only counts, I think, when there’s no heartbeat. If there is a heartbeat and it’s over a specific minimum speed then larger differences can be considered okay.

Mine is not a happy story but I remember I posted for advice on here and I just wanted people to tell me their experiences without holding back, good or bad, so I am going to share mine. Feel free to ignore it as it's not a good outcome but obviously this is a low percentage of pregnancies and the chances are that yours is fine.

With my Mmc we went for an early scan (should have been 9 weeks). Baby measured 7weeks 3 days with a strong heartbeat. Everyone told me at the clinic that my dates must be wrong. I knew they were not. They also said maybe baby was going to be a small baby. This made no sense to me. In some ways I wanted to scream as I knew something wasn't right but no one was listening to what I was saying. They were saying conception had to have happened on a date when my dh was not even in the country.

Anyway a week later we went back as had some slight bleeding. Baby had grown only 3 days worth but still had a strong heartbeat. Again I told them something was not right and again they said I was being anxious and all was fine. Felt like banging my head off a brick wall.

Another week later and more bleeding we went and were told baby's heart had stopped. At this point I felt (and this is awful) almost some relief. I knew something hadn't been right and while I was devastated it also felt like this had been coming and I had prepared myself mentally.

The chances are your baby is fine. The percentage of mc after seeing the heartbeat is incredibly low. However I wanted to let you know that it is fine to be anxious and to ask for medical help etc because sometimes it feels like no one is listening to you when they tell you not to worry etc.

The happy end to my story is that I am now 32 weeks pregnant with a very active little boy. :)

I hope everything goes well for you and will be thinking of you xx

Thanks for everyone’s responses, especially @wescreamforicecream - I really appreciate it. I also have a feeling something isn’t ‘right’. No one was concerned at the hospital today, even with my recurrent miscarriage history.

It seems it could go either way at the moment. I’ve very few symptoms which doesn’t fill me with confidence.

I have a follow up scan in 2 weeks, hopefully I’ll fall into the ‘good outcome’. Have to wait it out until then!

Early pregnancy is painful......

Thanks once again!

O - thanks at @Teddybear45 I’ve not heard of that before. That helps/eases mind a little bit!

I've measured behind by about a week in 2
Pregnancies and it was fine. I've had multiple losses too but I never had scans with those.

I had an early scan this time and was dated 6+2 and should have been 7+1. Sonography and midwife both said completely normal. Heartbeat present and scan looked great. At that stage the pregnancy is still so small that's it's really hard for them (and awkward) to get accurate dates.

Same think happens last year with DS2 and when I went for another early scan due to bleeding at 11 + 5 weeks by their scans I had to have my 12 week scan that same day because I was the wrong side of 13 weeks (completely matching my dates).

I forgot to say the midwife said to me after the scan due to my history of miscarriage (over 3 two of which were 11 and 12 weeks) if she was at all worried by the scan / me being dated behind she'd have me back in for a follow up scan but she said she was happy to leave me until 12 week scan now

No worries, I hope I have not upset you I just know how alone it can feel when everyone is telling you it's okay and you're scared.

I really hope you get a happy ending 💐