When should I get my 1st u/s?

[isntsure]

I'm thinking that I'm going to wait until at least the 6th week. Cause I saw lots of posts about women who got u/s at 5weeks and were all worried cause they didnt see anything because its too early to see anything. I dont want to go in right now and then worry even though my brain would know its ok I would still be worried. So when do you guys think I should schedule my first u/s? :)

[isntsure]

Yeah they do :P So do you think that if we payed extra out of our pocket to have more u/s done than 3 would they let us? Cause it sounds like its the insurance company who only allows three u/s. Yeah I don't want to be scared if I go in early but then again waiting til your farther along is scary too cause you don't see the baby until later. Theres too much waiting lol. Congratulations on your pregnancy and I bet your ready to see your baby now huh? :)

[Factorymomma]

Doctors make you wait so long. (this applies mainly to three US) because almost all insurances allow for "X" amount if u/s during a pregnancy unless there is a medical necessity for more.  Plus if they wait until you are an estimated 8+ weeks it cuts out the giant scare that happens when you go in around 5ish weeks and theres just a sac (happened twice to me lol I thought I was 6 weeks and I was only like 4ish have a two year old and am thirty weeks along now).
So it ***** but there there is a legit reason.

[isntsure]

Why is it that doctors make us wait so long? Don't they know how stressful it is to wait?? lol. How was it going to the first u/s? And how did you deal with the wait?

[isntsure]

Wow 13weeks? How have you managed to wait that long??? But I bet once you have the u/s you'll be able to see the baby for sure and hear the heartbeat :) I don't know when you can tell the sex but that'd be cool if you found out everything at once :) I totally agree about the wait. Its almost as if doctors enjoy watching us worry lol.

[isntsure]

I know me too. I mean sometimes I'll feel the pinching in my abdomen but then it will go away. I feel like the only way to know if the baby is ok is to do an ultrasound. Which I shouldn't do until I know we'll be able to see the baby. But like you said the wait is really nerve racking. And I'm having to tell myself the same thing as long as I'm not bleeding or experiencing extreme pain then I'm ok and so is our baby. Congratulations on your baby :)

[RippedonScotch]

my dr wouldn't even think about letting me get one done until he thought we were 8 almost 9 wks but that was through a fertility clinic.  Most of my friends have neve had one before 12 wks.