How long did people wait for early scan, did a test last week and said 1-2 weeks pregnant, is this too early for a scan?
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Scans aren’t really helpful before 6/7 weeks as there isn’t really anything to see

6 weeks tends to be the very earliest you can detect a heartbeat. You’re currently only 3-4 weeks pregnant based on your test, so I’d wait a few weeks.

We found out at 5 weeks, had a scan at 6, then 8, weeks, because I had some bleeding. Thankfully it was only implantation bleeding. They picked up a slight heartbeat flutter at 6 weeks, but even that was to early to be sure hence the 8 week scan. Other than that, NHS only really scan at 12 week unless theres a reason to scan early.

The earliest I’ve went for a scan is 7 weeks and you could see something small with heartbeat. Not many private places will scan before 6 weeks

Pointless before 7 weeks in my opinion, think the earliest you can see a heartbeat is 6. 1-2 means 3-4 weeks pregnant so they won’t see anything now if you went, I don’t even know if you’d find somewhere to scan you

6 weeks minimum. Even at 6 weeks not a huge amount can be seen. So you’d need to wait until your test said 3+

I had a scan at 6 weeks due to bleeding. You couldn't see much it was like a prawn.

I had my first scan at 4w6d and there was a sac, at 5w3d they saw the yolk as well. They did it early to exclude ectopic (I had one 6 years ago)

I went at 7 weeks and we could see and hear the heartbeat. Most won’t scan even privately till 6 weeks minimum.
With a test saying 1-2 weeks, you are about 3-4 weeks pregnant and it’s way too small at this stage to see much.

I went around 6 weeks with both and both times it was too early & had to go back a week later

My first scan was always at 15 weeks
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