Disappointed in a scan?

I tried to book into NHS today for a 6 week scan as I had a complicated previous pregnancy. They actually
Said to me they won’t see me as they won’t find anything at week 6 and will only see me week 7-8 as chances are week 6 would only create more anxiety if they couldn’t find it or a heart beat. I would just wait a bit longer it’s too early xx

Hi there - I am an IVF mom and have had two IVF pregnancies where I have gotten week 5 and week 6 ultrasounds for both. I had slightly different experiences so I’ll share both:
1 pregnancy I saw my gestational sac (that black blob on your scan), the embryo, measuring 5 weeks, and a tiny yolk sac. On my second pregnancy, the fetal pole was smaller and hard to actually capture on the ultrasound. The doctor was like, it’s not there yet, but I definitely saw it as the somographer scanned.

For both of my pregnancies, I was able to see the heartbeat flicker at the 6 week ultrasound and saw a clear embryo and yolk sac, measuring 6 weeks. By 6 weeks, you would likely see the embryo, the yolk sac, and a heartbeat flicker above 100bpm, but also not seeing an embryo or heartbeat isn’t entirely unusual, but it is reason to be rescanned.

For right now, the only thing you can do is wait for your rescan. Growth happens very very quickly, so you will know tomorrow if the pregnancy is progressing

Are you super clear about your dating? What was the date of your last menstrual cycle and do you know when you may have ovulated?