WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 2000: Re: 6 week Ultrasound????

Re: 6 week Ultrasound????

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 15 May 2000 21:11:50 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 15 May 2000, Sarah wrote: >
>I am exactly 6 weeks pregnant today(from last period)..I have had 3
>miscarriages so the Doc's office did a viability scan today
>(transvaginal).. They saw the gestational sac and a yolk sac..No fetal
>pole...

6 weeks is a bit too early. 6w3d should be the earliest for most pregnancies.

>The ultrasound tech said it might be to early to see much..When
>the doc came in to talk to me he said he was a bit concerned not to have
>seen the fetal pole...Should they have seen the fetal pole???

It woulsd be unusual at 6w0d.

>I am
>confused and I don't know what to think...They took blood and said they
>would call me in the morning..

Sounds OK thus far.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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