Hi Ellana,

Can i ask why you're having a scan so early? I'm in the UK too and in my health board district it's normal to have the first scan towards the end of the first tri, mine was at 11 weeks, most are around 13 i think. And my ob didn't want to see me until he had the radiographers report on his desk telling him i was PG and all looked good. So why are you being scanned so early?

I would guess, not knowing why you're having the scan just now, that they can't tell you much from the scan, and instead of saying that are filling the silence by telling you what they can't tell you (i.e. that it's ectopic, dunno, that it's definitely PG, dunno). Scans at your stage of pregnancy tell one very little indeed. Basically your thickened endometrium COMBINED with the blood tests indicate pregnancy, but beyond that, there's nothing they can say. I'm sure it's because they're not used to seeing women so early in PG and don't want to make promises when, really, you know as much as them.

It's a shame they can't just say "Yup, looks like you're pregnant" but they probably feel YOU told THEM that and they should be giving you more. It's a shame though, as Thumper's daddy told him "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all".

Best of luck for the rest of this tri - at your next scan (12weeks ish?) they'll have a WHOLE LOT more to tell you.

Bec