When is the earliest you can see anything on an ultrasound

[tura]

My doctor has scheduled me for an u/s today.  I am only 5 weeks pg.  What, if anything, can I expect to see.  He's doing it because I'm having severe lower back pain.

[fasoltmn]

I had my first us at 5 wks 6 days and they saw a heart beat. Good luck!

[tura]

Well you guys were right, all they saw was the sac but it was in the right place so I'm thrilled.  I had to get a repeat hcg drawn but I feel so much better.  Thanks for all of your support!!

[Paulettehfx]

Actually it al depends on your hcg levels usually anything between 1200-1500 will show something... But it really depends and mostly at 6-7 weeks...

[tura]

I got the results of my hcg and it was 2175.4.  It was only 331 on Friday.  Have I mentioned how much I hate this waiting game?  If it was a molar pregnancy would they have caught it this early on the u/s?  See my mind just wanders.  I really need to just chill out!

[tura]

ok... here I go... from what I read on the internet (yep, its a dangerous thing :)  the chances of having a molar pg is like 1 in 1,000.  Although from reading past posts it kinda seems a bit more common.  Then I looked up twins and am thinking that since they only saw the sac maybe I could be having identical twins.  I read that the chances of identical twins are like 1 in 350.  My grandmother had 2 sets.  I'm not sure if they were identical because they all died at early ages, but I guess it's possible.  So does anybody have any input here??  Sorry I'm being a pain but when I calculated my last numbers my hcg is doubling every 27 hours and its really got me concerned.

[Paulettehfx]

Sounds more like multi birth to me, and woulndt that be wonderfull..... I would be estactic... good luck