Hi Serendipity,
I just wanted to wish you good luck for your scan in 10 days, my *fingers are crossed* for you...

Just to answer your question a 'fetal pole' is basically comprised of the early fetal tissue, which is housed inside the gestational sac.

I had my first u/s at 6.5 weeks and my fetal pole was only 3mm and we saw a heartbeat. However the sonographer said if I had come in a couple of days earlier we may not have been able to detect anything at all...