I've given in to anxiety... Private scan tomorrow. Anyone else had one?

My anxiety has won.
I have booked a private scan for tomorrow. Am 11 weeks + 1 tomorrow and despite 2 really healthy scans at 7 and 9 weeks with heartbeats, I just can't get it out of my head that baby is not well. I wow I sound ungrateful, but keep hearing about missed miscarriages and my friend just told me she had one before her little boy before.
Had some spotting and cramps and begged to be scanned again but no luck. I have decided that this may be the only way to relax until my 13 weeks scan (as that is what I will be when have the dating scan).
Has anyone experienced anything similar or had a private scan at similar point?
Please wish me stickiness! X

 

Ah thanks, ladies.
I am hoping it's all good... I love this little thing so much already. Sorry to hear about your loss, Aragon. Nothing can compare to the pain.
Rubyred - I am sure we will be fine. You can ask for an early scan. Bug them! Or go for a scan... Mine will cost £99 but it will be worth it, especially if all ok. Depending on where you are, you can refer yourself to EPU for scan anyway. You can't where I am, but lots of others can. Anxiety isn't great, so should be a reason to scan, I think!

 

Plus, it doesn't sound odd, Aragon, but because of your experience before, surely you should be given on at EPU, if you want one that is.
Very, very goodluck... Xxx

 

Will do x

 

It went very well, thank you!
Hopefully you can see my little one here - dancing away to start with. Amazing! Could see a profile of face and wouldn't sit still until I laid perfectly still!
Thank you for asking, all. I hope all of you get to see something just as amazing.
I feel better. So glad I did it.
Sure it's a boy still. No names for boys!

 

I would recommend a scan as they were lovely and you have a big screen in front of you so that you can see everything, but I think you won't be able to hear the heartbeat that early on. You should be able to see it usually by 7 weeks, I think, but they don't listen for it until around 14 weeks or so.
It's amazing to see it though! Our first scan showed something that just looked like it was all heart plus heartbeat at 7 weeks, although I measured at 6+3 then. However, since scan, measured at 9+3 so I was where I thought and that showed an actual baby shape with flickering heartbeat inside it - almost like a white bit on fuzzy tv just flashing, but amazing. Then today, our baby was dancing around, with a full profile and hands and legs floating around!
Recommend the private scan as opposed to EPU (well my EPU, anyway!) because they talk to you and take you seriously and give you the time you need.
I have a Doppler from Amazon and they say that you can only hear it from 14 weeks, but we heard it at 10 weeks... Not every time(!) as it takes time to find it, but we have heard it twice.... Xxxxx

 

I'm biased, but it's pretty awesome, isn't it?!

 

I feel more relaxed, yes, to the point that we are telling close friends this evening
Hopefully on a couple of weeks, we'll be announcing
Xxxx