Too early

[Rianna123]

Hi this may sounds silly (or maybe not) I'm just confused I guess. I found out a few weeks ago that I'm pregnant but due to being on medication that isn't safe during pregnancy (I've since come off it) I've been so anxious about losing the baby- to the point I'm obsessing over it and losing sleep. So I went for an early reassurance scan today- the dates from my last missed period would make me 6+4 weeks however at the scan they told me I'm only 5+3 and they could see a yolk and gestation sac but no baby or heartbeat. I went to the scan for reassurance but if anything this has just made my anxiety worse! I've got another one booked in for 2 weeks but It feels like ages away! I guess what I'm looking for is people who've been in a similar situation with a positive outcome? I know I don't really have any reason to worry at this point but not seeing a heartbeat or anything has just made me feel worse

From reading others posts this seems really common, maybe u ovulated later than u think and when baby is that small it's hard to see anything x fingers crossed for u

I'm surprised they booked you in at only 6 weeks, that is so early and even a slightly irregular or longer cycle would mean you ovulated later and wouldn't be 6 weeks yet. Even if you do have a cycle like clockwork you can ovulate late!
At 5 weeks it is good that they seen a gestation sac and a yolk sac so that is positive so far.

I had a similar thing, dates according to LMP put me at 8 weeks something so I had an early scan and all the seen was a tiny 2mm gestation sac and thicker lining. They put me at about 4 weeks and I was devastated. Obviously there was always the chance that I was slightly further along but the pregnancy just stopped progressing, however there was also every chance that it was just early like they said.

I waited 3 weeks to do another scan and on Friday I seen a much bigger gestation sac, a yolk, a tiny baby measuring 7+2 and a heart beat.

There is always a chance that this could be a good ending for you too, but the wait is awful and my heart totally goes out to you for the next 2 weeks.

Last period is such a blunt tool to measure gestation. Its based on every woman having a perfect 28 day cycle and ovulating on day 14 which is actually statistically "average" but quite rare! A week out is such a small variance, it's almost certain that you ovulated later than that. Healthy cycles can range and be 35+ days long, I know it will be hard to stop worrying but what you've said so far sounds entirely normal