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Re: No heart beat at maybe 13 weeks..help!

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 22 Jan 2003 14:59:44 -0600 (CST)


At Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Jari wrote: >
>I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and according to when my last
>period was he calculated me to be at 13weeks. When he used the little
>machine to find the heartrate, he couldn't find it. He thought he heard
>it in one spot near my lower left side but when he tried to catch it
>again, he couldn't find it. He didn't seem all concerned about it but
>just scheduled me an ultrasound for next week. But now I am all
>worried. What could be the problem??? Maybe I am not as far along as we
>thought? My periods are irregular but the last one was October 20,2002.
>Sometimes I will get my period every other month, sometimes every month.
>But now I am getting all stressed out, wondering if something could be
>wrong. I was told that sometimes it is hard to hear the heartbeat that
>early. Can you tell what could be happening here?

Yes, Any one of the things you mentioned above are possible. The ultrasound will answer the question.

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