Booked a scan for 6+1... am I going to regret it?

[GoodVibesOnlyPlease]

I know it's very hit and miss as to what can be seen at 6 weeks, but after a mmc last year that wasn't discovered until 11 weeks and the pregnancy had actually stopped at 4/5 weeks, with no signs whatsoever, it's fair to say my anxiety is pretty high right now!
I just want to know everything is looking like it should before going through the booking in process again.

Hi, I had an mmc last year at 10 weeks after seeing a heartbeat at 6+4. I would say wait just another week even. I'm currently pregnant again too and am having a scan next week at 7.5 weeks due to anxiety after last time and some bleeding, but I wouldn't have had it any sooner after the false reassurance of last time.

At 6 weeks there's a strong chance it won't be as reassuring as you hope, even if everything is well it is so early and you might only see a yolk sac etc. It might be inconclusive and Cassie unnecessary worry. I would really recommend pushing it back by at least a week and holding out, at least then you are guaranteed either a little more reassurance or a straight answer
Hope it's good news for you

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@GoodVibesOnlyPlease I'm sorry for your loss. After 3 losses myself, I will always opt for an early scan. For this pregnancy I had one at 6+4 and saw a little heartbeat. I'm almost 8 weeks now. Personally for me, I'd rather know sooner than later if I was miscarrying. I'd hate to get to my 12 week scan to then find out I've had a MMC. I have another one booked for 10 weeks, that's a private one though.

With all that said, early scans still do not guarantee that you won't miscarry unfortunately. My first pregnancy I saw the heartbeat at 6+1 and then I miscarried naturally exactly a week later. You can keep booking private scans if that puts your mind at ease, some people prefer to just wait. I'd have one every week if I could afford it.

I wish you all the best ☺️ xx

Thank you. I've never been one for early scans, always just held out for the dating scan but I've not had a full night's sleep since finding out a fortnight since so caved 🤦‍♀️

I think I would wait until 8 weeks. If things are fine there is a really good chance that things will be ok whereas 6 weeks it is hard to see more than the sac. When I had an empty sac at 7 weeks I had to wait a week to see if it changed. I don't think I could have coped with a two weeks wait thinking something was wrong.

@lockdownbabyx I think that's the other thing, I went all those weeks last time, oblivious, still getting morning sickness, starting to get excited about reaching 12 weeks and it wasn't progressing all along 🥺

More likely to than not if dates could possibly be out. If you must have one try to get it for closer to 8wk.

I had an early scan in my last pregnancy and regret it, I'd had a mc and a few chemicals since our last term pregnancy. I was 8+3 by lmp, baby measured 7+4 with a strong hb. I still felt very uneasy about the pregnancy after the scan, I had hoped it'd offer reassurance but it just didn't. 4 days later I started spotting and passed baby in it's sac a week after the scan. I waited for my dating scan with this baby, it was an excruciating wait but glad I did it as baby was very active and measuring 4 days ahead of lmp. I have since had a private scan as I didn't want to wait 7 weeks for the anomaly scan (now 1.5 weeks away).

I would wait. I may be wrong but I was told 7 weeks and a heartbeat was a very good sign so I would personally want a scan at 8 weeks to account for dates being out.

I had a mmc at 9 weeks. Then got pregnant again and had an early scan at 7 weeks. I did see a heart beat and it did stop me worrying for a couple of days but then I started worrying again because actually you never know what is going to happen. It wasn't as reassuring as I was hoping. I did go on to have gorgeous DD2 you just need to try and stay as calm as you can.

I had a scan at 8 weeks measuring 6 with a slow heartbeat and miscarried two days later. Assuming the baby had stopped growing, if I'd had an earlier scan it might have seemed like all was fine.

Last pregnancy ours wouldn't even book you before 7 weeks because of the risk what you'd see not telling you anything. I really think you should push it. Even though you think you're 6+1, you could be a few days out so more like 5+6 (I knew the day of ovulated and the day we had sex, it still wasn't right as it doesn't necessarily happen immediately)

IME a 6 week scan is definitely worth it! The only issue is if you're out a few days or implantation was late, then it can be too early to see anything which would be disappointing.

Sometimes if it's a private place they will re-scan in a week if this happens.

I might just cancel it and wait... I just really didn't want to go through the whole booking in process for it to be pointless.

I’ve done it your way this time @Chelyanne after losses I’ve decided to wait for the dating scan as I don’t want the possible false hope of an early scan (as that has happened to me in the past).

I completely understand why you would want an early scan though. Sometimes I feel like we should have one because if somethings wrong at least we’ll know sooner, but I’m 10 weeks now so trying to wait it out.

I’d say wait until 8 weeks at least before having one xxx

@GoodVibesOnlyPlease yes that's the problem and is the reason why I personally am all for early scans.
However as PP have said, the problem with having one at 6 weeks is you are not guaranteed to see anything and told to wait a couple of weeks and go back. Which must feel like a awfully long wait. I'd wait at least another week if you can. The o not reason I had one at 6+4 is because im currently under the EPU due to recurrent MC.
Wishing you all the best ☺️

Wouldn't it just be so much easier if you only found out after 12 weeks 🤦‍♀️

@GoodVibesOnlyPlease oh yes it would 😂. I feel robbed of these early weeks, should be an exciting time. For me it's 12 weeks of anxiety and checking the loo roll every time I go for a wee 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

At 6 weeks there's a strong chance it won't be as reassuring as you hope, even if everything is well it is so early and you might only see a yolk sac etc. It might be inconclusive and cause unnecessary worry
100% all of this.
And even if this early scan comes back ok OP, that’s a long gap between the early scan and dating scan and you might feel anxious during that wait. If I were you I’d push it back even just a week

And peeing on way too many sticks when they actually tell you absolutely sod all!! I'm annoyed at myself for letting the anxiety get the better of me. I'm usually a very rational person!

It’s normal to be anxious OP, especially when you’ve experienced a loss.
Please don’t beat yourself up! I think an earlier scan is a good idea with your history but I think waiting a bit longer because of your history would be probably the best thing to do.

I'm glad I had my early scan at 6 weeks after having an early MC the cycle before.. Made me feel very reassured. Yes of course anything can happen at any time but I'm so glad I had it..
I have another booked for this weekend at 9 weeks too 😊 worth every penny in my eyes but everyone deals with things differently x

Honestly, I'd rebook it for 8 or 9 weeks. A 6 week scan is not all that reassuring. If you have a decent scan at 8 weeks, your probability of miscarriage goes down a huge amount. 6 weeks, not so much.

Looks like I can't change the booking because they need 48 hours notice, I didn't even book 48 hours in advance. That'll teach me to get carried away freaking out over something I can't control 😬

It will be fine :) I've had previous losses at about 5 weeks and so having scans at 6 weeks was really reassuring for me. OK you just see a blob but that's fine. As long as there's a heartbeat I'm happy. And I know that in general the risk goes down later and a 6 week scan doesn't in reality tell you anything, but because of the history it's still been reassuring to know we've got past our particular "danger point".

So far it's been accurate - the ones where a 5/6 week scan was nothing or no result turned out to be a miscarriage. The ones with a good strong 6 week heartbeat were healthy pregnancies.