Internal scan to see where baby has implanted

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Just that really, scan booked at the hospital for later today.

I went for a private reassurance scan last night, at 7 weeks. It was not reassuring, unfortunately.

It took her absolutely ages to to find anything and she kept asking if my dates might be wrong. I’d started to give up hope after quite a while and she’d said she was going to refer to the hospital for a transvaginal scan.

Then, she found a heartbeat and measuring 6 weeks 2 days.

But I could still tell something wasn’t right, by her face. She was still asking about my dates and if I’d had previous c-sections.

This would be my third pregnancy and I’ve early scans before. My DD’s are from my first marriage, so this is would have been my current DH’s first baby. He hasn’t been for a scan before and didn't seem to think anything was wrong, he was just really excited to see the heartbeat.

So, end of the story is that the sonographer phoned and arranged a scan at the hospital anyway, as she was concerned that it might have implanted in the scar tissue. The letter she has given me says that it is possibly in the csection scar cavity. (Which would explain why she couldn’t find it I suppose!)

Obviously I googled, I couldn’t help myself If it has implanted there then it is a very rare and potential fatal type of ectopic pregnancy, so won’t be allowed to continue.

I don’t know why I am writing really. I don’t want to bring DH down and he is still happy (and hasn’t been on Google!) but I didn’t sleep last night. I felt so lucky to be pregnant, after having a chemical pregnancy a few months ago - and being 40.

The day is going really slowly and I am dreading it. Plus I have to go alone as it is DD’s birthday party, so DH is having to man the fort for that one and I’m not sure he’d be allowed anyway, due to COVID. I just don’t see how it can be good news, after watching her looking last night and the general feeling I got.

Sorry you're going through this - it sounds really stressful. It's good that you're getting the care you need and will get an answer one way or the other. I hope it's a good outcome. Is it worth talking to DH about your worry? Going through this kind of thing in COVID is especially shite. I found it useful to write down some questions when I went to the hospital after bad news at a private scan - my mind was all over the place and DH wasn't allowed in. Having some notes helped me ask the questions I needed to so I understood what was happening and what the options were. Obviously hoping everything is fine and you won't need them.

Thank you x I didn’t even think of writing anything down, that is a good idea as he will want me to ring him straight afterwards.

Maybe it will be okay and the sonographer last night came to the wrong conclusion and that is why she seemed worried by 🤞

How did you get on today? X

Not too well @TeaBanditTeej. Thank you for asking though

Well, good news as in pregnancy was actually nowhere near scan. But then bad as in she couldn’t see a heartbeat and measuring 6 instead of 7 weeks.

So she phoned the girl who did the scan last night (who works at the hospital as well as the private scanning place) to confirm re: heartbeat last night. But as it was such a difficult scan and she only found hb briefly at the end (if she did at all, I don’t know what to think now!), they decided to wait another week now to see if it is just the dates being out.

I was given a leaflet about miscarriage though and told that I can bring DH with me next week

*nowhere near scar, not scan!