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Congrats again! I would always go in a few days later then risk going in early and getting extremely worked up if you happen to not see a heartbeat. 6 weeks is a liiiiittle early for heartbeat.

I would just tell them you were tracking your cycle and you ovulated on day 22. I ovulated late with LO2. I think around CD30. My cycles then were right around 6 weeks, so ovulating at 4 weeks made sense. Plus I’d been taking tests since about 5DPO so I knew there was no way I’d ovulated any earlier or it would’ve shown up on the tests. I think they thought I was kinda crazy, but my calculation matched the dating ultrasound so they went with it.

I’d push it back a little if you can. I saw a heartbeat with my last pregnancy at 6+1 but baby stopped growing just a few days later. I think if you wait until you’re 7-8 weeks there will be a little more certainty that things are okay.

@CatchAFallingStar: lmp is so insanely not accurate, I love the precision of charting. Glad to hear they will take yours seriously:) we are all rooting for you!

@CatchAFallingStar: yes, I’d just tell them it was later. I ovulate around day 18 (and also usually have a 33 day cycle) and my dating scans have always matched with my tracking and late ovulation. Especially with number 3 and 3 because I was using opks and was more aware. The ultrasound place I was going to with this pregnancy had me down for a “viability” scan from my doctor and I could have gone in at 6+5 and she offered me an appointment, but I waited until 8 weeks for more peace of mind and based in advice from here.

@CatchAFallingStar: as long as you can remember the date I would think it would be easier then constantly correcting them and explaining about ovulation.

@CatchAFallingStar: I do think it makes sense to just give them a different LMP date. I love my practice and think my doctors are first-rate, but with all three of my pregnancies they have sort of nodded along when I say I have a long cycle and ovulate 7 days late, but still made offhanded comments about size, viability, and other things that I think would have really bothered me if I had a history of loss. Also, apparently the standard is that your due date is based on LMP unless you are measuring more than 5 days off. So even though I have an extra 7 days in my cycle, since the baby was growing within the 5 day window they were giving me a normal LMP due date, which is just wrong. I convinced them otherwise eventually but I guess my point is lying is just easier haha Good luck, many fingers crossed for you!

Congrats! I've had two ultrasounds at 6 weeks and saw a hb both times, but don't freak out if you don't. Whether they see it can depend on the exact dates, equipment, and skill of the tech.

Congrats again, such wonderful news!!!!

@BadgerMom: Ditto.

@LCTBQE: totally. it's so weird to me that they're still so wedded to a system that is so obviously not precisely applicable to like, most women.

With DS I had a ultrasound at 7w and the doctor couldn’t find anything. Just an empty sac. I was sure of dates so it was pretty devastating. I had recently had 22w and 11w losses. I went for a follow up at 9 weeks and baby was there measuring on time at 9+1. So for me at 7w there was no heartbeat or anything!