Bad Scan - 6 Weeks

[Marlena]

Hi,
I couldn't wait till the 9th week scan so last Saturday I went and had a scan at 6 weeks. The doctor told me that it is bad because she could not see the baby. She told me that I should wait another week or 2 and do it again but it looks like I will have miscarrige.
She was not nice and gave me no hope. However I read stories that sometimes you can't see baby untill 11th week.
Did any of you had this problem?? Shall I worry or everything can still be fine??

 

[titch]

I have no idea hun. I know that 'Hope' had quite a few early scans so maybe she could shed some light. Sorry Im not much use but didnt want to just ignore the thread. I really hope the radiographer was just being insenstitive and everything will be fine

 

[ema-lou24]

i dont know much about this but didnt wanna read and run hun,

hopefully someone will come along and give u better advice and like tiny said, hope (member on here) went throught the same thing.

Hope everything goes ok from here on, fingers crossed xx

 

[ERIN84]

Sorry hun I dont know much about it either but 6 weeks is very early so perhaps bub was just not quite visible? She should not have been like that with you though. Hope someone can be a bit more help xxxx

 

[laura dec 1988]

Hope everything is ok...fingers crossed for you

xx

 

[Tonks]

I know it's hard not to, but don't panic just yet.

Are you 100% sure on your dates?

6 weeks is incredibly early to see baby properly on a scan, and if you are a few days or week out then you won't be able to see baby.

I would ring your MW/GP and see if they can get you a scan at EPAU.

I had a scan at 6 weeks, and it was so inconclusive they couldn't tell my pregnancy was actually in my womb, and thought it was ectopic so operated on me. Turned out everything was fine!

 

[Mervs Mum]

At 6 weeks you wouldnt expect to see much at all - maybe the sac and yolk but certainly no baby.....

Are you booked for another scan in a few weeks?

 

[Marlena]

The problem is that I am not sure which week I am. I have Policystic ovaries syndrone hence no idea about due date. We had problems getting pregnant and every women in my family had problems/misscarige. SO I am Vey Scared!! She measured my womb and said that the size suggest that it is 6th week but she can see nothing.

 

[ERIN84]

Merlena, i suffer from PCOS too and fell pregnant with the help of medication. So due to my irregular periods when i went for my scan i thought I was 15 weeks but turned out I was only over 13 weeks so it may be that you are not even 6 weeks yet.

Were your periods really irregular too? if so, maybe you are in the same situation as i was xxxxxx

 

[Marlena]

My last period was in September which would suggest I am about 18 weeks. I did the digital test and it suggested (week by wek) that now I should be 6 weeks. The doctor said the same because my womb size suggest that it is 6th week but she said that she cannot see anything inside it.

 

[Tonks]

I thought digital tests only went up to 3+?

Really, get a second opinion. Especially if you have PCOS.

 

[Rowesb]

hope everything is ok
I think 6 weeks can be a bit early to see much, I had a scan at 7, would they be able to rescan u in a week?

 

[Marlena]

Yes they should be. But the waiting is horrible.

 

[Rowesb]

the waiting is always the worst part...

 

[Mervs Mum]

If the digi says 1-2 it means you are 3-4 weeks approx, 2-3 is 4-5 wks approx and 3+ is 5+ weeks......

 

[Baby Bean]

oh hun I'm sure I read somewhere yesterday (can't remember where i'm afraid) that the baby usually can't be seen on a scan until 7 weeks. Try to have hope and not worry too much (easy said I know) until you can have another scan maybe next week. Fingers crossed x

 

[laura dec 1988]

Just to let you know hun, i was i hospital with bleeding at 6 weeks and they scanned me....there was nothing there just the sak thats all. so dont worry xx

 

[mandplus4]

hi i had a bleed at 6 weeks with my second pregnancy they did a scan and said there was no baby there and they thought it was ectopic i had an operation to clear my tubes but there was no baby in them ,my daughter is now 5 years old(she was there all along) it was just too early to c her i think xxxxx

 

[hayels]

hi i hope ur doing ok. i went for a early scan today cos of a bleed i had at weekend. i thought i was bout 5-6 weeks gone but when they scaned me today they couldnt see any thing. she said it maybe that am just not as far gone as i thought. had some bloods done and my hcg level was 120{not sure if thats good or bad she didnt really say} got to go back wed for more bloods to see if the have changed. its a horrid time. i hope ur ok try keep ur chin up xxxx

 

[Toonlass]

I had a scan at 8 weeks and it had to be done internally to see anything. 6 weeks is early days so don't loose hope yet xx