I had a window to the womb scan at 10 weeks. I wouldn’t have gone before then - baby was still very blob-like, and the sonographer was clear that later scans are more interesting and give them more to “show” you!
Our clinic was a bit run down; but the room was nice enough. One person could accompany me. There was a big screen for looking at baby on, although like I said; the sonographer said he wouldn’t be able to zoom much.
At 8 weeks, it’s very likely to be an internal scan - mine was abdominal because I’d reached 10 weeks, but they’d have done an internal if they couldn’t see anything. There is a chaperone in the room. At 7 weeks, baby looked like a peanut in my NHS scan, and at 10 weeks like a pixelated jelly bean, so I’d expect something between the two.
The photos they gave were absolutely awful, but some people probably get good ones! They’re laughably bad.
It was nice to have another scan, check on baby and share a few minutes watching them with my DH, but I’d have done it later if I’d known, to get more out of it.
My 12 week scan was the best so far - baby looks like a baby, and was doing lots of jumping around!