WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2000: Re: Concerned about new pregnancy and no heartbeat

Re: Concerned about new pregnancy and no heartbeat

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Mar 2000 20:21:15 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 30 Mar 2000, anonymous wrote: >
>At Wed, 18 Mar 1998, karen wrote:
>>
>>hi marie.one possible explanation for this is that you may not be "as
>>pregnant" as you think.you may have concieved later than thought.i'm not
>>an expert but i did have the same situation.it's wise to follow up with
>>another sono next week and to watch your hcg levels.i won't deny that
>>there may possibly be a problem but i also won't deny that there may not
>>be.i also can understand that waiting for the repeat sono next week will
>>seem like you're waiting forever!good luck and i hope this helps.
>
>I have a similar question. How often do vaginal ultrasounds show no
>heartbeat early in a pregnancy (around 6 weeks)and are wrong??

That depends. If a true six week fetus is seen and there is no heart beat, it is correct. If on the other hand no fetus is seen, it could be wrong dates or it could be that there is no fetus there. In that situation waiting and repeating hte sono as suggested here is the best idea.

RDB

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