Scans - whats the earliest?
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Topic: Scans - whats the earliest?
Posted By: kebakat
Subject: Scans - whats the earliest?
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 4:17pm
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I didn't know if I should pop this in first or preg or general, so here it is..
Whats the earliest you can get a scan and see if the embryo is in the right place? I can't be assed going to my docs to ask them without any other reason for going but I do know my doc will send me off for a scan when i need to. I know you can see at 6 weeks as thats when they found my ectopic, but can you see earlier? Bloods aren't conclusive early on so I can't use that, mine kept doubling like normal last time. I'm just trying to prepare a little plan on how I'm going to ride out the time between getting a positive preg test and finding out if its ectopic again or normal. |
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 4:23pm
| What are the chances of an ectopic again? Is is higher? |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 4:26pm
| Much higher.. usually its 1/100 for normal people with no known problems. It's now 1/20 for a repeat. Plus they don't know what actually caused it last time and I didn't have the tube removed. It's still fairly unlikely but knowing that the chances have increased by that much still is a worry for me and I know i'm going to stress myself out with any niggles and pains and just in general until I know |
Posted By: kmarie
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 4:46pm
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Aw that's tough! I was worried bout the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy this time around because I had major pains around 6wks. Had a scan then and they could tell the egg sac was in my uterus (much to my relief) but couldn't see much else. I'm not sure how early that would become clear?
All the best - hope all goes smoothly for you  ------------- 
twins in heaven Oct07 Is 40:11 "He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart." |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 5:07pm
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6 weeks I think. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 5:58pm
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hey, hope in the mc section just had a scan to check for another eptopic, i dont think she was very far along.... just gonna pop in read through her post -------------   
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 6:05pm
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5-6 weeks according to my pg book -------------
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 8:44pm
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I had one at 5wks for a dating scan. I was suppose to be 7.4wks from LMP but they just went with the date the scan said, so I was 5.4wks and there was a heart beat. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 8:52pm
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I had one at 3 weeks (didn't know I was pg) and the egg was apparently still very high in the uterus, but the lady said she could see it. Obviously they can't tell your pregnant at that stage though.
Mine at 7 weeks was very clear though. |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 09 August 2008 at 9:22pm
| everytime i went to the doctor in japan, i got a scan. from6 weeks I think was my first one. Internal scan and they could see everything |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 1:13am
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I just got my scans out and I had my earliest at 5 wks 4 days (to rule out ectopic) and they could see everything was in the right place and that there was 'cardiac activity' = heartbeat? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 8:46am
| ok cool. So I'll go to my docs at 5 weeks and he will get me a scan a couple of days after. |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 10:46am
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Once hcg reads over 2000 they can see the pregnancy, there won't be a heartbeat or anything though as it will just be tiny but they will be able to tell if its in the right place. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 2:43pm
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I had one at 5w3d with the gremlins and they could see where the pregnancy was located, the point of that scan was to rule out an ectopic as I'd been having pain (and was majorly paranoid!). In your case they'll probably do another scan a couple of weeks later just to be sure as there is a very, very, small chance that you can have an intrauterine pregnancy and an ectopic at the same time (twins where one egg implants inutero and one in the tube). -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 10:04pm
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It's 1500 to see the pregnancy and 2000 to see a heartbeat, they don't guarantee you'll see a heartbeat over 2000 but you definitely *won't* see one before then. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 August 2008 at 10:05pm
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I just remembered, my hCG's the day before my 5 week scan with the gremlins were 5500 and we saw the gestational sac + yolk sac. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 7:58am
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I just remembered my hcg with the mc was only 331 and yet they were still able to see a pregnancy in the uterus. It was tiny though, only a couple of mm.
I must of been thinking about seeing the heartbeat with the 2000 level. -------------
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 10:35am
| Surprisingly I'm not really that concerned with seeing the heartbeat. Just where the pregnancy is. My doc told me ages ago he would send me for a couple of early scans so I know I'll get to see the heartbeat at another stage but for my own sanity I want one as early as possible just to put my mind at rest about where it is. |
Posted By: Danaj
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 4:39pm
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I had mine at 5 weeks. Had to have a lovely thing called a vaginal probe though. Tech could see very clearly where baby was. ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wyI1oWn/"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 4:41pm
| Yeah I've had that last time. It wasn't that bad |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 11 August 2008 at 4:45pm
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yeah, I find smears worse than the vag scan tbh! -------------
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