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Re: Question about heartbeat.

From: samir fouad Aziz MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:47:00 -0600 (CST)

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At Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Brenda wrote: >
>I am just back from my vaginal u/s. By my LMP , I should be 10 weeks &
>3 days along , but the baby measured 9 weeks & 1 day. My last u/s was @
>7 weeks & 5 days , while the baby only measured 5 weeks & 1 day ! I gave
>up hope and waited from an m/c to happen. At my appointment today , I
>was AMAZED to see a little shape there , a baby that had actually shown
>4 weeks' growth in 2 weeks. The bad news is that there's NO heartbeat.
>My OBGYN wants to wait for a week and
>do another vaginal u/s next Monday. If she still can't find a heartbeat
>, I'll have a D & C next Friday. Is there hope even if the heartbeat
>can't be found ?
>My OBGYN says I could take a second opinion , should I have another u/s
>done ?
>
>Thank you so much ,
>
>--
>Brenda
>

As there was conflicting results with ultrasound,it is better to wait for a week to have another ultrasound,although at 10 weeks it should not be missid,but confirmation by a repeat scan is advisable.

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