Fetal development at week 16
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Hi all! I'm 13 weeks along with my first, and our first ultrasound will be at 16 weeks. I'm really excited about finding out the sex of our baby, but I'm not sure when we will find out. When did you find out??
If you are concerned because of an U/S report, I can tell you that my Dr. did an U/S at 16 weeks to check the spine, which can be studied well by that point, but had to wait until the 20 week scan to check other organs that were more difficult to get a clear study of. The heart was an organ specifically mentioned. If you had an U/S before 18 weeks and have been sent for another one a few weeks later it may just have been difficult for the Dr to see what they wanted to see.
Usually the 5th week you will see the gestational sac but maybe no fetal pole. By week 6-7 you should see the fetal pole and if you're lucky a heartbeat. By week 8 you should get a heartbeat. So if you are only 5 weeks it sounds like your development is very good seeing both a fetal pole and hb. Did he mention what the heartrate was?? I am not sure what the "likely" fetal pole means because if there is a heartbeat then there is definitely a fetal pole there!!
I do lots of reading when I'm bored..and I came across this. It's just something to keep in mind when you go in..so you'll know what to pay attention to.
Week 6 - Gestational Age (Fetal age 4 weeks)
5 ½ to 6 ½ weeks is usually a very good time to detect either a fetal pole or even a fetal heart beat by vaginal ultrasound. The fetal pole is the first visible sign of a developing embryo.
20 mm Fetal heart rate: 164 bpm, the other one is 33,7 X 18,4 Fetal length: 16,7 mm
Yolk Sac: 5,9 mm Fetal heart rate: 166 bpm
Also embryon1 age is 10w3d but embryon 2 is 9w2d. I'm very concerned. Are those differences ok?
The next ultrasound is in 10 days and the wait is killing me.
Choroid plexus cyst
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Choroid plexus cyst
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 G93.0
ICD-9 348.0
Choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) are cysts that occur within choroid plexus of the brain. The brain contains pockets or spaces called ventricles with a spongy layer of cells and blood vessels called the choroid plexus. This is in the middle of the fetal brain.
i had my doctors appointment today the doc afformed me i was 6wks 3days today at the time of my first ultra sound i was approx 5wk 5days no heartbeat only yolk sak and development begfining so the doc said this was normal and heartbeats are usually detected in wk six or even wk seven the nurse tried to say there may only ever be a yolk sac and no bub but the doc and the lady who performed the ultrasound said no heartbeat or fetal pole can be normal at the early stage of five wks now im confused
My OB checked my little guy and his heartbeat at my 12 week appointment by ultrasound and let me hear it and then at my 16 week appointment they used the Doppler and found his heartbeat no problem! I am an ER nurse and we start checking for fetal heart tones on anyone expecting using Doppler at 12 weeks but sometimes it is hard to hear that early but always by 14 weeks we can hear it, no problem!
Breathing in the Womb
Babies do not actually breathe in the womb---at least, not in the usual sense. Fetal lungs are not fully functional, and are not even able to fully expand, until after birth. During the later stages of gestation, the fetus may "practice" breathing by inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid. The fetal lungs do not process the amniotic fluid, the way fully formed lungs process air, but experts believe this "breathing" is important to fetal lung development.
It's definitely better to go by weeks. If people ask just politely tell them weeks is more accurate and how many weeks you are.
Mine was 167 at 12 weeks 163 at 16 weeks and at 20 weeks it had slowed down to about 136!! The doctor explained to me that as the baby gets bigger the heartbeat will slow down. He compared it to a tiny hummingbird who has a really fast hearbeat because it is so small but larger birds have slower hearbeats. Maybe a little silly but anyway he said everything was fine and that it is normal for it to slow down.
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