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Pregnancy Confirmed. No Heartbeat Heard During Scanning. When Can It Be Heard? Had Miscarriage Before

Hi doc,

I'm pregnant and i'm in 5th week now. I confirmed my pregnancy through scan and the doc confirmed that iam pregnant.
My question is when we done the scanning i cant see the heartbeat of my baby. Can i know when we can hear the heartbeat of baby. This is because i had miscarriage for my second baby and done DNC. After 7 month of DNC i'm pregnant again.
Can u pls advise me on this. I'm so worried on this.

Thks doc

From Mila

Fri, 25 Oct 2013
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Through ultrasound scanning of lower abdomen,heart beat may be heard by 12 weeks,eventhough it appears a few weeks early.TIFA scan is advised 16-18 weeks to detect any congenital anomalies.
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Pregnancy Confirmed. No Heartbeat Heard During Scanning. When Can It Be Heard? Had Miscarriage Before

Through ultrasound scanning of lower abdomen,heart beat may be heard by 12 weeks,eventhough it appears a few weeks early.TIFA scan is advised 16-18 weeks to detect any congenital anomalies.