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What Does Faint Fetal Heartbeat Mean?

I have just had an ultrasound where they said I am 7wks 2days pregnant. They had trouble seeing as there was a lot of bowel gas & initially said that the baby had no heart beat but eventually found a faint heartbeat. Wot does this mean? Am I at a greater risk o losing the baby. I have had no pain or bleeding.Also is 7weeks 2days the lenght of time since the first day of my last periiod? As I am almost positive my period was earlier. It s so hard for me 2 work out the conception date as I do not alwasy have 28day cycles? Please help?
Fri, 2 Feb 2018
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Hi,
welcome to HCM,
first of all congratulations on this new adventure in life. sometimes while doing a scan you might not be able to appreciate heart beat due to bowel gas and other interferences. That can cause such finding but I would suggest you to not get any negative feeling and a repeat scan after 2 weeks is needed to make any confirmation. Good luck.
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What Does Faint Fetal Heartbeat Mean?

Hi, welcome to HCM, first of all congratulations on this new adventure in life. sometimes while doing a scan you might not be able to appreciate heart beat due to bowel gas and other interferences. That can cause such finding but I would suggest you to not get any negative feeling and a repeat scan after 2 weeks is needed to make any confirmation. Good luck.