12 week scan but 9+4

[Meganalice]

Hi everyone! New to this, and our first pregnancy. Just wanted to know if anyone else has been through the same thing.

Had my 12 week scan on Monday, I was so nervous and I was sure the sonographer was going to give us bad news!

Throughout my pregnancy I’ve been sick / nausea/ sore boobs, hormonal / fatigue etc, all the things that are signs of a “healthy pregnancy”, however in the last week I’ve felt “normal” Which has freaked me out even more! Although the constipation and fatigue are 100% still kicking around.

Luckily no bad news, baby bean was sitting comfortably and low, however! She measured her/him, she said it was 9weeks and 4 days! I was so shocked! Especially as my early pregnancy signs were easing off as I thought I was going into my second trimester.

Relief that baby was fine and in the right place but now I’m super anxious that we have another 2 weeks until we’re out of the scarier zone of pregnancy. My fiancé has been amazing and supportive and I feel lucky we’ve had a cheeky extra scan which has given me reassurance, but I can’t help but think it feels like we’re going backwards and not forwards. They’ve booked another scan for Christmas Eve for my 12 weeks as they couldn’t do any of the screening tests.

Not to mention the people that knew that are saying “how did you get it so wrong? That’s so weird I’ve never heard of that before” (thanks guys really helpful).

If anyone else has experienced this let me know that I’m not alone :)

Hi OP,

Congratulations on your pregnancy! You don't need to worry about your symptoms easing as they tend to between 9-12 weeks as the placenta starts to take over.

Are your periods quite irregular or had you just come off hormonal contraception? If so I guess it would be super easy to get the dates wrong.

The good news is the baby is fine and chances of anything going wrong now you've seen a heartbeat are v small. I totally understand you'd be annoyed though as you've been set back 2 weeks and the first trimester is so slow anyway! You may find at the next scan you measure a bit closer to your expected date if the baby has had a growth spurt.

I was told at 6.5 weeks I was 5.5 weeks possibly less than 5 weeks which I knew was wrong and really stressed me out. 2 weeks later and I was measuring exactly right for the dates I expected, it can be hard to get accurate measurements when they're so small and they grow so quickly every day xx

Thank you my lovely! We’re very excited.

I had come off the pill in august and by end of September the pregnancy test was positive, so I only had 1 period (feel very lucky it happened super duper quick). Like you say, that probably contributed towards timings being a bit off.

The sonographer was concentrating so hard on measuring she didn’t turn up the volume of the heartbeat so I didn’t actually hear it, but we saw it beating away fast. I’m kicking myself now for not asking her to turn the sound on! But I felt a bit cheeky. On my proper 12 week scan I will put on my big girl boots and ask 🙊

Thanks for the reassurance hope your pregnancy goes / went well x

Hi, something else to consider - when I had early scans for this pregnancy - my sonographer said that early scans can be +- 5 days so maybe you are not as early as she said and by the next scan you may catch up a few days.

I had a scan when I thought I was 8 weeks, she put me at 9 weeks and then at 12 week scan my days moved again by a few days.

Hope that makes sense.