Heart Beats

[monique257]

Is it normal not to hear a heart beat at 8 weeks?

[martikadragoon]

Most times you can't HEAR a heartbeat until 9-10weeks, but you can see it as early as 6weeks. It's normal

[sameerab]

i heard my baby h/b at 7 weeks and i heard the h/b by doppler at 10 weeks

[Mommy2be2]

I just wanted to let you know that we were unable to detect a heartbeat via u/s yesterday.  My doctor is a little concerned because I still have low, slow rising hcg levels.  I'm going to get another u/s next week to see if there has been a significant improvement.

I think it could be different for every pregnancy/every woman/every baby.

[Mommy2be2]

My OB-GYN is hoping to detect a heart beat next week via vaginal ultrasound (I should be around 6 weeks and 3 days when they do the scan).  I'm a little surprised they haven't detected it via vaginal u/s yet, but I don't think it's abnormal to not hear a heart beat at just 8 weeks.

[Michele, Katy, TX]

I've even heard of it taking up to 12 weeks (in some cases) to hear a heartbeat by doppler.  When my doc can't get it on the doppler, he will normally do a quick scan to make sure he can see it.

[i_dont_know_help_me]

yes it is they can not pick it up till you are at lest 10 weeks and sometime they cant do it then but at 10 weeks they can see the haret beat on us

[inneedofaclue]

Sometimes it depends on the thickness of your body too.  If you are overweight it can take longer to hear or see either way.

[missyg477]

Were they able to see the heartbeat on the ultrasound?

[KellyA74]

Some don't hear one until 10 weeks...don't worry......If everything else looked OK....you'll probably hear one at your next appt.!

[swade]

I heard the babies heartbeat at my 8wks, in the office with the doppler.. Was really exciting, the doctor just kept saying, well dont be surprised if you dont hear it yet, and boom there is was.. I also got to hear it at the ultrasound.. But good luck and I am a rare case..

[monique257]

Yeah that could not be more true. I'm glad to hear anything, since my doctor has kept me in the dark. Which keeps my mind wondering.

[Mommy3Girls]

Yes, if its a doppler. IF it was with an ultrasound then they can usually find it and measure it. They did mine at 7w1d the first time, but it took until I was 11 weeks or so to pick it up on the doppler.

Lol, I guess I just repeated Shannon's post. Well, I guess if you hear if from more than one person its even better, right?

[monique257]

I had an ultrasound and they didn't detect one. Though I'm going for a appointment today with a different doctor. Since my regualar one doenst seem to be telling me anything. She just says shes not sure whats going on,

[Shannon125]

Do you mean hearing it through the doppler or through an ultrasound? If you mean through a doppler, than it is quite normal to not hear the heartbeat that early on. If you mean by ultrasound, at 8 weeks they should have detected the heartbeat but that doesn't mean something is wrong if they didn't detect the heartbeat through an ultrasound.