I decided that there was no way I could wait any longer and booked myself a private scan, found somewhere close that does it for £70, which is still a lot of money but no where near as expensive as some places.

So I went on Thursday, I was so scared it was untrue.

It was a nice place and we went straight in, which is great when you've got a full bladder and dying for a wee!!

Everything was fine, it was such a relief. They have put me back nearly two weeks, which explains my negative tests, I thought I must of ovulated later than I thought, but there was a healthy heartbeat so thats the main thing (crazy to think something 13mm big has a heartbeat!).

It was the quickest £70 I've ever spent though, we were in and out of the building within 10 minutes, got 5 photo's of my 'bean' though (thats all the baby looks like on them!), although the time spent in there and the photo's certainly weren't worth £70 - the peice of mind definately was and I'm so glad I went - I want to go back every week now...... think DH might have something to say about that............. lol

thats great hun glad everything is well, and that your mind is at ease so now you can enjoy your pregnancy - nausea and all!

Oh the joys of being pregnant!!!

lol come the 2nd trimester you should be feeling great, will have an energy spurt!

So glad you went! It sounds like it really set your mind at ease. Glad it went well

Glad everything went ok for you!

good news. Least you can rest assured now.
i feel like the luckiest girl alive - got a free scan yesterday!! I was seeing a gyno about something else and before i knew it she decided to scan to take a look! and then we heard the heart beat!!! And she didnt even charge me more for it!! (It's private but I only paid the £30 consultation fee): Feel so lucky!!!