Today I went for an early reassurance scan with my husband. To say I have left feeling reassured would be a lie. I did not feel as though I was spoken to in the correct way and had no reassurance given throughout my time spent at Window to the womb in Milton Keynes, in fact I was made to feel uncomfortable throughout the entire experience. Regardless of me finding out at my scan that I was in fact only 5 weeks and 3 days, I still would not have expected to hear a heart beat. I was only expecting to find out how far I am in my pregnancy, how many embryo’s there are and if everything is sitting in the right place. I was told by my sonographer that she was going to internally scan me and do her checks on me and then she would talk to me. I had emptied my bladder as instructed before going through to the scanning room. When she began she said ‘well I cannot see anything because your bladder is full’ I laughed in a joking way and said ‘wow! Pregnancy bladders are so bad I’ve only just been!’ She ignored me and said ‘you need to go to the bathroom again’. Throughout the whole scanning process I was not spoken to or reassured. In fact, at one point, my husband could sense that I felt uncomfortable during the process and had asked me ‘are you ok?’ and I replied ‘yes’ she told me ‘I will talk to you in a minute’ in a stern tone, as if we was speaking to her. After she had finished, she said that she could see the yolk, an embryo and a sac, but concluded with ‘but there’s no heart beat’. It wasn’t until after I left my appointment and spoke to my mum, my mother in law and looking into things on the internet that I felt less worried about not hearing a heart beat at 5 weeks and 3 days into my pregnancy. My sonographer did not start by explaining that I was actually earlier than originally expected and that she wouldn’t be able to see or hear much due to this. She just told me all the positives to then end on ‘but I can’t hear a heart beat’ without any explanation as to why that is or reassurance that it’s normal. She suggested that I come back in 2 weeks time, but I would not be happy to spend another £80 to feel as though I am being told off and interrogated. I was planning to return for several scans throughout my pregnancy, as were my sister and sister in law, but after my disappointing experience today I will be reluctant to return or recommend.