Too early for an ultrasound?

kiyoko83

Hello! I'm new to this board!

I'm just about 5 weeks and tomorrow I have my first dr appointment, is this too early for an ultrasound? Of course I have a million things running through my mind and I want to make sure that everything is okay with the baby, but not sure if it's too early tell.

 

mommybrynn

I doubt you will have one, it is definitely too early to see anything much.  My doc won't give early ultrasounds before 7 weeks because she said that the you are very unlikely to see much before then and she doesn't want to get anyone upset over nothing,

lnyost

Yes.  You might see a gestational sac and yolk, but likely you won't see baby and heartbeat.  With DS I went at 6w3d and nothing, I went the following week and there he was with his heart beating away.  I would wait so you don't freak out if you don't see anything.

SouthernGirl047

Hi Kiyoko! Yes, you are a little early to see much with an ultrasound. If your doctor does perform an U/S, you MAY see a gestational sac and a yolk sac. 6-8 weeks is generally when most people start seeing a fetal pole/heart beat. Your doctor may do blood work and test your hcg and progesterone levels though. Good luck

AMbaby

We have ours at 6.5 weeks and got to see the heartbeat!  So exciting!

diana.filipi

At 5 weeks all you would see is an empty gestational sac most likely.  I had an u/s at 5w4d just to see how many sacs there were since we did IVF and they had put in 3 embryos.  The heart usually starts beating on day 30 (with day 1 being the day the egg and sperm met) so that would be 6 weeks gestational age.

maude52

I'm not having mine until next week and I'll be 9 weeks and 3 days along by then. My doctor said that if we did it too early there wouldnt be much to see.

jenskurn

I had one-time spotting last week, so my doctor is ordering an u/s for next Thursday.  He's having me wait so I will be 6 weeks 2 days.  He is not really concerned, but wanted to put my mind at ease.  He made me promise I won't be upset if there isn't a heartbeat yet. Good luck!   

natalie_wn@yahoo.com

As others said, most (not all) doctors don't order/do ultrasounds that early. They usually do them early for dating, IVF, if something *might* be wrong, or maybe it's just their practice - but I think it's quite rare, at least from reading the boards here.

 I had one at 6 weeks as a dating U/S because my irregular periods made it impossible to date otherwise. I didn't even KNOW I was 6 weeks until they found my little one. I will say though, it was great to see the little bean and it's little heart beat.