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Q: 8 Weeks Pregneceny And No Heart Beat Can Someone Help

asked by: giuseppe aliotta on July 15th, 2004

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Hi there my wife and I have found out she was pregnet. After the 6 week mark we started telling some close friends that she was pregnet.

I had begun to say yeah we are shooting for twins. This past wedsnday we went to the first u/s scan and we were told that she has two babys.

We are very very excited about this but when the doctor tried to find a heart beat they could not. They told us that they are small for the amount of weeks she states that she has been pregnet for. Maybe there is a miscalulation on the weeks of pregnecy the doctor stated. They measured 7 mm. The doctor said we will have to come back next friday to find out what going on. If there is no heart beat they would like to do a dnc is this common or should we get a second opinion
after next week if there is no heart beat.
I am stressing out . Thanks so much

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purple333

replied on July 17th, 2004

Extremely eHealthy

Until a few weeks ago I would have replied that a dnc was required - & it is if the test is accurate - but 2 cases here recently (& where there have been 2 - I wonder how many there have been that we never heard of because the people were never told the horrible truth of the mistakes that ere made) where women were told that their babies had died in utero but for whatever reason these 2 women (different cities & drs etc) "felt" they wanted to double & in one case triple check!! They were in fact pregnant still one of the babies hs since been born & is fine.

So please get a 2nd check done preferably by another dr at another centre so sa to reduce chances of them just agreeing with the first results!!

zeta1212

replied on January 5th, 2005

New User

Ehealth Forum You Posted Regarding No Heart Beat

I was reading through the forums and found your post. I have a friend with a similar problem. If you do not mind me asking how did that turn out ? We are so nervous just waiting to see what happens. I wish they could do something quicker. Well if you answer this maybe you will put our minds at ease , but either way would be a help . Thanks

ps. Do you have twins in the family , I heard its the mans side that passes the gene , but im not sure if thats true

sarakay2007

replied on June 26th, 2009

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its not true the woman ovulates two eggs that is how twins come around it has nothing to do with either if twins run in the familly

motherofhighspiritedones

replied on June 26th, 2009

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sarakay2007 wrote:

its not true the woman ovulates two eggs that is how twins come around it has nothing to do with either if twins run in the familly

That is not exactly true either. Studies show http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id =86 that twinning can indeed be genetic. Now, to the OP, sometimes finding a heartbeat before nine weeks gestation is tricky. I would get that second exam, as your doctor advised. Sonograms can be off in measurement, they are not foolproof, so size can be a tricky issue. Best of luck to you!

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