17 wks 4 days gestation and no fetal heartbeat on doppler

[trixie charles]

I am presently 17 weeks 4 days.  I had a cerclage put in due to preterm deliveries(daughter was just over a pound - yes she lived and is 15 now)and several consequent miscarriages.  At my drs appt yesterday they could not find the fetal heartbeat through doppler, I also have one at home and tried all night to find it.  Has anyone ever had these kind of complications so far along?

[cdw]

Did your Dr ov let you leave without finding the HR? Did they give you an explannation? Or were you able at home with a prof grade doppler able to find one? All so, where is your placenta located? I had a anterior placenta which is one that lies in the front of the uterus. It was very hard to get a HR at times. However, I never left without hearing it or they would scan me. Which they only had to do just once. My concern is at 17 wks you should beable to hear the HR via a prof grade doppler. I'm thinking of you and I'm sure everything will be find. Keep us posted.

[cdw]

Sorry, I also wanted to say I'm sorry about your prior losses. Again, keep us posted and hope all is well.

[clevelandlady]

Your Dr. didn't perform an ultasound to find the heartbeat after he couldn't hear it through the doppler?

[trixie charles]

Doctor did let me leave without hearing HB, no explanation given but I have to go for an ultrasound today at 1.  Swear I can still feel baby moving. Placenta is high up on the right side and have never had a problem hearing it before.

[clevelandlady]

Maybe your baby is laying in a funny position,like with his/her butt towards your belly?? I know it used to take my dr. awhile sometimes to find my daughters before 20 weeks because of her position in my womb.I will be thinking of you,and good luck  !!

[cinnamonheart]

I dont know about you but I am a heavier set lady and they could never get the heartbeat by doppler they almost always had to do a u/s  Or if the baby has his/her back up  position makes a difference too. Hope all goes well Maybe ask for a u/s  next time you see your doctor.

[nanakay]

when my dd was at that gestation she used to like to hide behind one of my ateries so i had to really hunt to hear her heartbeat over my own.  sometimes it would really scare me, but i learned how to chace her around her womb to find her....haha

good luck hope all is well
~nanci

[isatu]

I am a 31 year old woman and am 14 weeks pregnant went to see my doctor on tuesday and she could not found a heartbeat so she decided to do an ultrasound and the gestational sac or uterus was empty no baby and my stomach is growing ,tender brest and all pregnancy symptoms.Am really scared is there a chance the baby is hiding some place.However this is my first ultrasound and doctor adviced me to get a D&C which i don't want to do until we reschedule another checkup.If you exprience please help me THankyou.

[AnnieBrooke]

If you are certain you are 14 weeks pregnant, and there is no gestational sac, that is a bad sign.  The baby could be ectopic.  I would ask for another ultrasound, both the vaginal ultrasound and the one from the top of the stomach, to find out where the baby is, if it is still there.  I would also recommend you have two beta hCG blood tests to see what your hCG count is, two days apart.  If you have a high hCG count but no embryo in the uterus, there is a possibility that the baby is out of the uterus, possibly in the tube, and this is very serious.  

[Mandy0079]

AnnieBrooke is right on... I would take her advice...

[bigmoma69]

i was told on last tuesday that there was no baby heartbeat.went to get an ultrasound still no heartbeat or movements.i am suppose to be 16.5 weeks but dr said measured 14.have this happen to some one before? i thought i felt baby movements. should i let him put me in labor or get another dr to check me out?