Hi! I would like to seek some advice.

Hi mommies. I would like to seek some advice on whether should i go and check ultrasound early or should i wait. I am 8 weeks pregnant (according to my lmp) but im only scheduled to visit the doctor in polyclinic on 25th April which will probably be in my 10 weeks to ask for referral to hospital. I had 2 miscarriages last year. Both times i was scheduled early for my ultrasound only to found out they couldnt detect any heartbeat yet And at week 6 i started bleeding and eventually miscarried (for both) Because they couldnt scan through my tummy, they have to go through scanning from below. My husband said that it could trigger the bleeding thats why we thought of waiting for abit to get scan. #adviceplease #firsttimemom

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Hi, 8 -10 weeks is a good time for first scan since baby is visible with heartbeat. And usually is done abdominally instead of vaginally. However if u r only going to see poly at 10 weeks u might only get an appt at the gynae much later (maybe end of your first tri alrdy). If u would like to go through subsidised route and have CHAS card. You may go ahead to a CHAS GP clinic and get a referral from there to be subsidised when u visit gynae at the hospital (same as poly). So u skip the wait for poly appt. And hopefully your gynae appt is not so late at the hospital. Poly/ GP will not have specialist like gynae to scan for you. They are just routes to get subsidised gynae in public hospital. And while waiting, the only way for a scan if you would like is to go private gynae clinic for one or two time visits first if that gives you assurance that baby and u r doing ok before the first scan appt at public hospital.

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