Scan at 6 weeks. What can be seen?

Question

hi there

i got a scan booked in i am six weeks pregnant and i just wondered what to expect and what u can see as no idea

would be a great help Adan reassurance to hear from people that have been through it

thanks

Answer 1

Really its just the heartbeat you can see.  I had one at 7 weeks because I had an ectopic last November at 8 weeks.  I didn't get offered a picture this time around as there really wasn't anything to see when the heartbeat wasn't there fluttering away when they stilled the screen for measurements!

Answer 2

At my 6 week ultrasound, all that could be seen at the time was the yolk sac.  I thought I would see more, but the tech I had wasn't very experienced.  It's amazing how much more we can see now at 18 weeks!

Answer 3

Not a lot!

I had a scan at just over 5 weeks and all you could see was the sac plus a little dot that was the baby - 6 weeks later and there was a proper chold that could be seen.  Agree with poster above, absolutely amazing how they develop even within 6 weeks after this!

Answer 4

I had one at 7 weeks and they could see the heartbeat. i think it depends on the person who is doing the scan as they aren't all that brilliant. i had to get a senior scanner in because i was still quite early.  

Answer 5

i had a scan at 6 weeks 3 days as I was getting some abdo pain and they thought it could have been ectopic...but it wasnt thank god! it was the most amazing thing ever, because the heart has just started beating at around six weeks. you cant see much, the best thing i can compare it to is a jelly bean, but you can see the heart beating and its the most amazing thing.....you'll love it!

good luck, hope everything goes well!

xxxxxx

Answer 6

At six weeks all you see is a little bean :-) At 10 1/2 weeks I got an ultrasound and by then it looked like a little baby. You will get to see a heartbeat though.

Answer 7

well they'll do a transvaginal one to magnify everything. for mine you could see the yolk sac, the baby (though not in detail) and a tiny little heartbeat =).

Answer 8

It just looks like a peanut with a heartbeat at 6 weeks x*x