7 weeks pregnant, unclear scan

[Bunnyfluffys]

I had an early reassurance scan today, according to my dates I should be 6 weeks 6 days today. The earliest they scan is 7 weeks but they let me come in. When she scanned me she could see the sac but couldn't find a heartbeat, but said it was too early to see and to come back next week. She measured the sac and said I was 5 weeks 1 day. Which I know I'm not, my last pregnancy they measured me at a week earlier too (even though it was wrong when I had my 12 week scan at the hospital my original date was correct) anyone have any experience, I'm on the verge of crying constantly, to measure 2 weeks behind is really frightening me. I've had no bleeding and minor period pain like cramping. My first pregnancy was a miscarriage at 5 weeks but I only found out at 13 weeks gone, I feel like I'm reliving it

I hope this makes sense, my head is all over the place

I was supposed to be 7 weeks and I was measuring at 5w 4d, I'm now 11 weeks

Congratulations and That's a relief. Could you see the heartbeat? They didn't do an internal scan so maybe that made it harder to see

In my experience you really do need an internal scan at that stage for a clear view and measurements. Would that be an option for you?

They did and internal and saw the heartbeat, I highly doubt they would have seen it without the internal

Unfortunately no, I can't go to my early pregnancy clinic if I'm not bleeding and the local scan place doesn't do internal. My last early scan with my daughter was at 7 weeks and they found it no problem, they measured her a week behind though

That's what I thought, but all my dates say 7 weeks and my last early scan I had with my daughter was fine, saw her no problem though she was measured a week behind. I'm just worried about the 2 weeks difference

At 7 weeks you absolutely should be able to see a heartbeat but from the sounds of it they didn't to an internal scan?? It's ok to measure up to a week behind but my experiences/everyone i know whose been through similar any more than a week has generally been bad news sorry OP especially if you are certain of dates x

I had an internal scan at 6+4 (date now confirmed as I've had scans since) and they could only see the yolk sac but not embryo or heartbeat. Two weeks later they could see an embryo and heartbeat measuring right on track at 8+4. They are so small at that stage so sometimes they are not picked up. Unfortunately you just have to wait and see, it's a horrible wait but I hope you get good news.

Thank you for your message, I needed to hear that, even if it is bad news it's at least something to get me by, I'm going to ring my local bep clinic tomorrow, surely measuring 2 weeks behind with no heartbeat is cause for a scan? I can only ask anyway

That is my concern and what plays on my mind constantly. She was saying everything else looks perfect and healthy, I just wanted her to stop talking and leave

For anyone wanting to know I had an internal scan done at my local bep clinic this morning, everything was fine and healthy! Measuring near enough what I thought I was, the woman was annoyed at the scan place I'd went to for doing that to us. Very tense weekend and I can relax a bit now until my 12 week scan. Now for the 12 week isolation 😂 thanks for all your messages

That’s amazing news! Huge congratulations

I'm so pleased everything is OK for you!!

That's amazing I'm so happy for you