scans

We had a scan at 6w

Just ask the midwife and they will set one up.

There are some places that do free scans up to the 13 week scan.

She must have a backup person you could call? Are you worried about something MeganGrace?

Some MW's will allow you to have one in the early weeks and some don't. If you have date worries or some bleeding then you would be allowed one. If you really want one you can say to your MW's BU that you have had some bleeding and they will make sure you get a scan ASAP. Sneaky but a way to get one if you really want one.

thanks might give my dr a call tomorrow and see if I can arrange a scan.

It's better to wait till 7 + weeks if you can tho. The heartbeat is visible from around 6 weeks, but if you are a few days behind where you think you are (common) bubs may be too small to see the heartbeat and cause you undue stress. I had a scan at 5w5d with the gremlins and they saw only a gest sac + yolk sac, had another scan at 6w0d and saw one heartbeat but it wasn't till 9 weeks they could actually see enough to determine two babies.

I know if you've had fertility treatment they usually wait until 7 weeks for the first scan also unless you have bleeding etc.

Hang in there Megangrace - the first few weeks seem to drag on forever, I remember the night before my 6 week scan was one of the longest of my life worrying about whether the baby was growing OK.

I had internal at AE when I was 6 weeks then another arranged by M/W at 8weeks which was another internal,

I wasn't offered a scan until 20 weeks. I was told that it wasn't necessary for a 12 week one as I'm only 22 and didn't need a dating scan because I was sure of dates.

Makes you think back to when our parents had us and there were no scans!

So yeah, my scan at 22 weeks was well worth the wait!

I asked my gp about an early one as we are not completely sure of dates due to my cycles being mixed up and not really watching too much due to mikes Vasectomy, lol, but he told us we could do it if we wanted but would have to ring and book it and pay for it ourselves? Am going to wait and see what my midwife says once i get hold of one. With my others i never got an early scan at all - both i had to wait till 20 weeks.

I had my first one at 6weeks with this bubs and that was refered from my doc because i had fertility probs and wasnt going to find a MW until we were sure that all was ok then my MW has refered me for my last 3 which were 12 weeks, 18 weeks and 22 weeks My MW basically gave little excuses just so i could see bubs and try to find out sex of my shy bubs although they were valid excuses my last MWs that i had with my first son would not refer unless it was a very good reason I have another one booked for in 2 weeks just so i can see bubs face which i didnt get to see much of due to a grumpy scan guy and cheeky bubs

went to my dr today and I am getting a scan tomorrow afternoon have to drink 1 litre of water 1 hour before....oh dear I hope I can hold it in