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Q: No heartbeat in ultrasound

asked by: DoctorQuestion on May 2nd, 2009

I'm curious if it is common to not see a heartbeat at 6 weeks 2 days? A week ago I measured 5 weeks 2 days and they could not see a fetal pole so another u/s was done on Thurs last week and they saw the fetal pole but no heartbeat. I have another u/s schedule for this thursday.

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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD

replied on May 4th, 2009

First Trimester of Pregnancy Answer A6498

Generally, the heartbeat of a baby might be seen on the ultrasound examination in the sixth week. However, occasionally the heart beat cannot be seen. It depends on the doctor that performs the ultrasound and does not necessarily mean that there is no heartbeat at all.

More probable is that the doctor just cannot yet identify the heartbeat. It may be best to wait for definitive ultrasound results.

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