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HELP! Early ultrasound, not much to see

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Toos
Just a quick question.

I had to go to the hospital today for an appointment. I was in the waiting room and the appointment was already scheduled before I found out I was pregnant.

The appointment was about a future pregnancy, due to our baby who passed away after 22 weeks of pregnancy. So that's why I had let the appointment stand.

When I came in, the OB said, "I understand you're pregnant. Well, let's just take a look then." So I thought, huh?! But who cancels an ultrasound, so I was already happy.

Then during the internal ultrasound, he looked and said it was small. Then he asked if I had had cramps or bleeding. I said no.

After that, he said it looked small, like a pregnancy of 3 weeks instead of 5. He said I need to come back next Friday and that he needs to see more then.

He gives it a 50/50 chance.

Well, my mood was ruined right away, and after we've been trying for 2 years now after our little girl passed away, it really hits hard.

In total, we've been trying for 5 years to get a baby.

Has anyone else had such an early ultrasound and how did it turn out?

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  1. Toos started this #2

    No one????

  2. flipje #3

    With my first, there wasn’t much to see yet and it was smaller than expected. Later on, that was adjusted a bit. I’ve had a lot of miscarriages since then, and with this one, I finally had an ultrasound at six weeks and a few days, and there was something to see and a heartbeat.

    I’m really hoping for a healthy baby for you. It’s hard having to wait and see.

  3. Toos started this #4

    Hi Flipje,

    Thanks for your reply.

    Waiting is indeed the worst part. I didn't expect to see much, but the negative reaction from the OB made me so unsure.

    Wishing you all the best with this pregnancy too. Congratulations!

  4. flipje #5

    How long do you think you should be pregnant, exactly? Are you sure about the dates, or did you have an irregular cycle?

  5. Toos started this #6

    My first day of my last period was February 10th. I got pregnant using Clomid. I have an irregular cycle on my own. This was the first month with 100mg. So it's possible that my ovulation happened later than expected.

    I thought I was 5 weeks pregnant. According to him, it looked like 3 weeks?

    On March 5th I tested negative, which was way too early. On March 12th, a clear positive.

  6. Michaela #7

    Had an ultrasound at 4+3, and the OB-GYN could tell (from the internal exam) that I was pregnant. On the ultrasound, there was just a little spot where the baby would grow. A week later (I was later put back in time, so it was actually exactly 5 weeks), a beginning embryo was visible.

  7. Toos started this #8

    Thanks for the message.

    I see on your photo that everything turned out really well
    Congratulations.

    I hope I get good news too next week!

  8. Nancy Guest #9

    I had an ultrasound at 5 weeks because of unexplained pain on my right side near my ovary.
    She wanted to rule out an ectopic pregnancy.

    We saw a gestational sac on the ultrasound, but no embryo yet. Ten days later, an embryo was visible with a beating heart. Meanwhile, she's almost 2 now, and a little sister is on the way.

    I hope you get good news too.

  9. Toos started this #10

    Thanks, Nancy.
    It's nice to hear such positive stories.
    How lovely that you're having another little girl!

  10. Bianca #11

    At 6 weeks, there was still nothing to see for me... Luckily, after a week, there was a beautiful (small) gestational sac with a beating heart... Stay hopeful... Even when it's hard sometimes.

  11. madelene #12

    I had my first ultrasound at 9 weeks with my first baby.
    I had one with my second too.
    And now with my third, I got the first ultrasound at 7 weeks.
    Because they've changed things up and now they do the first ultrasound as early as 7 weeks.
    And you also get more ultrasounds now than before.
    But anyway, I have no experience with an ultrasound at 6 weeks.
    With the first ultrasound at 7 weeks this pregnancy, it turned out I was further along than I thought. According to the midwife.

  12. kleintje #13

    I had an ultrasound on 5.2 and only saw a ring, then another on 7.2 and then there was a little bean, so that's a relief.

  13. Toos started this #14

    Update: went to the urgent care on Monday with stomach pain. They did an ultrasound, and even this OB said things looked bleak. She said the gestational sac wasn't perfectly round, etc.

    My hope had dropped to zero by then. Still went to the scheduled ultrasound on Friday. I told them right away that I knew things weren't good. The OB said let's just take a look.

    As soon as she did the internal scan, I saw a beautiful little heart beating. And it looked like 6 weeks.

    It's still suspenseful until the end, but I'm already much further along than last week!!

  14. flipje #15

    Wow that's awesome! Were the other ultrasounds external? I'm cheering for you!

  15. Toos started this #16

    Hi flipje.

    All the ultrasounds were internal. Weird how it looked like 3 weeks a week earlier and 6 a week later.

    Not that I'm not happy about it, hihi!!

  16. Lizzy86 #17

    What great news! Hopefully, everything keeps going well now!

  17. Toos started this #18

    Hi Lizzy86,
    Definitely good news! I'm really happy about it. Just waiting to see what happens, but I feel good about it.

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