Early scans

If you’re under 10 weeks is more likely you’ll have an internal scan, where your bladder will need to be empty :)

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I had one at around 6 weeks and mine was internal with empty bladder. They were very lovely, explained what is what (as you don’t really recognise anything baby shaped at that stage haha), we saw the flicker of a heartbeat, it was honestly so lovely and reassuring. Hope you have a positive experience too!

Not sure when is yours but mine is this Saturday. I should be 7+3 on the day of my scan. Mine is not an internal scan. I’ll update you on the scan if yours is later than Saturday🙈

It'll be an internal scan for early pregnancy 💕💕

They've said it would be an external scan and have asked me to arrive with a full bladder🙈

My 7 week scan I thought was going to be internal so I didn’t drink any water but they said they’d try a normal ultra sound and could still see clearly! So I wouldn’t worry too much :)

Mine was external for my early scan.
Honestly I don’t have many tips, you’re probably going to feel quite uncomfortable 😂.
I kept getting told off for having a too full bladder though, so learnt that if I felt like I was actually going to burst I’d try and just have a tiny wee. I think the trick is to just need a wee, but not so much that you’re in pain 😂

@Carine thank you, how exciting! Mine is not until the 14th so that would be amazing thank you🥰

I’ll keep you updated ☺️

I had a scan last week at 7w1d it was an abdominal scan i drank a bottle of water on the way to the scan bladder was full could see the baby no problem and a strong heartbeat xx

Went to the toilet for a pee straight after lol x

Mine was external- private
Try and drink as much as you can. They say a lot I drank 1/3 of my water bottle they managed to get a good scan

I had an internal scan at week 10 with an empty bladder.

I had external ultra sound at 7 weeks and just drank a lot about 5-10 mins before my scan.

When you all say internal scan - what do they (excuse the graphicness) put up there? Is it uncomfortable? I’ve booked myself in for my 8week scan but I’m a little worried now. If it’s like a smear then that’s fine but I guess it’s the unknown 🤦🏻‍♀️

I drank a pint of water then drove to the hospital for mine. By the time I was there though I was bursting, and they proper press on your belly. They couldn’t see very clearly on the external so let me go for a pee and then did an internal one. Internal is just like a dildo with a camera in it

if you have booked a private scan, the scan will be abdominal and you need to drink around 2 pints an hour before hand

If it’s nhs, most likely will be internal and yeah it’s just like a probe it doesn’t hurt, can just be a little uncomfortable as they move it around .. it looks quite big but not all of it goes in

thanks

Loads of people told me you drink a litre an hour before with no wees, I was desperate and in pain by the time I got scanned. The technicians told me that was too much water and you only need to drink 0.5L an hour before xx

way less uncomfortable than a smear, so if a smear is fine, this will be too, especially worth while seeing that little flickering heart beat ❤️

My private scan was external to start, they didn’t get a good enough picture so wanted to do an internal scan. I asked if I could go for a wee first as I was bursting and didn’t trust myself.