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Family Medicine (Expert Forum)
No heart beat at first ultrasound
Answered by
Enoch Choi, MD - Family Medicine
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Urgent Care
Palo Alto - CA
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No heart beat at first ultrasound
by ajpxox, Jan 29, 2008 06:59PM
today i went to the doctors for my first trimester screening. fist they did a regular ultrasound and when there was no clean pictures, they gave me an internal ultrasound. i was told that the baby had no heart beat and that i must have miscarried. my dates were off because im not sure on when i concieved, but it was atleast 7 weeks. I do not know how i could have had a miscarriage because i didnt have any bleeding or cramping. not even spotting. They didnt even offer to me to come back for blood work. i dont know what to think of these people but i am going to get blood work done. i am not convinced that my baby is dead. if you have any comments please share them with me. im dying here!
Doctor's Answer
by Enoch Choi, MD, Jan 30, 2008 10:48PM
, Jan 30, 2008 10:48PM
To: ajpxox
you don't have to have bleeding or cramping
if you still have products of conception in your uterus they should have scheduled a dilation and curettage to remove them, so you've probably completely miscarried already
a blood test: beta-HCG can be done then repeated in 2 days and if it doubles that signals a healthy pregnancy, if it drifts down, that means you've miscarried.
if you still have products of conception in your uterus they should have scheduled a dilation and curettage to remove them, so you've probably completely miscarried already
a blood test: beta-HCG can be done then repeated in 2 days and if it doubles that signals a healthy pregnancy, if it drifts down, that means you've miscarried.
