Yolk sac confusion. Where’s the placenta?

TW: mention of abortion

Hi guys! Hope you’re all having a nice weekend.
Just on here because I can’t find any answers online - nothing definitive anyway.
Six days ago at 10w4d I went for an ultrasound - everything was fine according to the ultrasonographer. Baby jigged around for a few seconds! Was lovely to see. But I’ve just been looking over the report and it says that a yolk sac was seen. I thought the placenta was supposed to have taken over at that point? My symptoms have been much less and I basically have no nausea now, just days here and there of extreme tiredness/ weakness and headaches.
Am I supposed to have a placenta yet?!
When I was younger and had an abortion (age 21) they told me I had left over placenta and I’d had the termination at 9 weeks. So I’m wondering why it’s not developed at 9 weeks this time?

Just after some reassurance if anyone has been through / is going through same thing!

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Totally normal had my scan at 10 weeks 4 days and there was a yolk sac. She had a look to see where the umbilical cord was going to estimate where the placenta was and told me that the yolk sac would start disappearing soon xx

I’ve had a scan at both 10+4 and 11+4 and you can still see the yolk sac as well as the umbilical cord and placenta on both scans. My consultant said it’s completely normal for yolk sac to still be there while the placenta is forming and taking over xx

I just had a scan at 11+3 and showed the placenta but my scan a week before at 10+3 they never showed or mentioned it so I guess you’re a week away from it taking over x

Totally normal xxxx

I still had mine on my scan at 10w5d and when I went at 12w2d it was gone 🙂

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