When will I have my first ultrasound and what are they looking for?

If you're attending your first ultrasound, you may feelOkay, so you have a positive pregnancy test. You
like a bundle of nerves. This will be the first time youmay want to have your first ultrasound around 8
get to see your little baby, and you want everything toweeks to confirm your little one or two! are really in
be perfect. Is it really a baby? Well in the first 10there. This is a good time if you aren't sure of your last
weeks we use the term embryo and after 10 weeksperiod, experienced spotting during pregnancy or want
we use the term fetus but yes it's really a baby.reassurance there isn't an ectopic pregnancy. Every
Whether you are having a scan to confirm aperson and every circumstance differs, so if you find
pregnancy and determine your due date, or just needyourself unsure of when to come in don't fret, we are
some peace of mind - Take a deep breath, we knowhere to help. After all, the best way to be one hundred
it can be stressful but remember, an ultrasound ispercent sure you have a growing baby is to see the
something that every woman experiences to ensureheartbeat and see your new addition in an image on
her little one (or ones!) are growing healthy and strong.screen, right?