So I had some spotting and cramping during the week last week and was referred to the EPU on Saturday for a scan.
Saturday arrived (at which point I'm 7+0), all my cramps and spotting had stopped completely and generally I was feeling good about things.
Went into the scan and the sonographer looked really worried. She said that it looked like I had released an egg from each side and BOTH looked ectopic, one near the ovary and one between uterus and tube.
Devastated at this point as double ectopic sounds crazy. They took bloods and put a wrist band on me ready to stay in the hospital - just waiting on the consultant to look at the scans + bloods and determine next steps.
Hours pass by as the consultant is tied up with other things, I'm sat on a ward worrying myself stupid.
Just at the point I crack and start to get upset, in comes the doctor to tell me it is not ectopic - the ovary side looks like it's just the cyst/corpus luteum and the other side she said is high pregnancy but definitely within the uterus.
What a rollercoaster. They book me to come back in today (Wednesday) where I would be 7+4.
I spend the 4 days stressing that there wasn't a heartbeat at 7 weeks and although it's in the right place I am preparing for it to not be a viable pregnancy. Grateful not ectopic though.
So. Today comes and in we go for the scan (this time with husband and not alone thankfully)
Consultant is the one to do the scan and she explains we still might not see a heartbeat today as it's still early, and that she would have waited longer but as the pregnancy was high she wanted to have a look a bit sooner to be safe.
The results of the scan are that baby is at the start of 6 weeks (not measuring 7+4) and there is a heartbeat and all in exactly the right place.
I asked about size and dates and she explained that even if you know your ov and the day you had sex ("even if you just had sex once that month") that at this early stage the conception and implantation actual dates can be quite off - but most importantly this is very common, the baby has grown in the 4 days and heartbeat is now detectable which is all good.
She also explained that very early on things can look like they might be in the wrong place, and it's best for them to assume/proceed on that assumption until they actually know, better safe than sorry.
Now discharged back to the community midwives and yesterday my symptoms started in full swing! Tracks with the 6 weeks nausea started during my last pregnancy, and explains why my CB digital only showed 1-2 weeks when I thought I was 4+3. HCG and progesterone levels are good for 6-7 weeks so all looking positive.
I wanted to share this incase anyone was worried about lack of symptoms, CB digital dates, not seeing heartbeat at expected 7 weeks. Although nothing is a guarantee, it feels like a positive story to tell.