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What Does Missing Heartbeat During Pregnancy?
My doctor said im 17 weeks pregnant but claimed he couldn t find a heartbeat but when he pushed on my stomach he found a loud heartbeat then grabbed my wrist and said it was my heartbeat and not my baby s heartbeat is that normal or should I be worried?
Mon, 8 Dec 2014
..not to worry at all fetal heartbeat is heard using stethoscope after say five n half months..sometimes its your uterine artery pulsations that are confusing us..we call it a uterine soufle..so it is quite normal..nt 2 worry at all.
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