If you break embryonic and fetal development into thirds then when you are in your 28th week the baby begins its final third of development. (Gestation is 266 days or 38 weeks of development). So either way you look at it you are in your 3rd trimester!
is important to fetal lung development. The fetus gets all of its oxygen and nutrients through the placenta and umbilical cord---a process called fetal circulation.
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I agree with Darkestlight. There are a lot of different options. One possibility is that these are "Choroid plexus cysts" which can be part of normal fetal brain development and often disappear spontaneously before 32 weeks gestation. Other types of cysts can be markers for other conditions.
Does your daughter have a follow-up with a specialist?
A fetal heart rate below 100 beats per minute (bpm) at 5 to 7 weeks of gestation is considered slow. Higher rates of fetal loss are associated with lower fetal heart rates; survival is zero at heart rates below 85 bpm at 6 to 8 weeks of gestation. That said a normal heart rate (110s-160s) by 8 weeks gestation confers a much better prognosis. A repeat sonogram to detect the fetal heart in 3-4 weeks will be helpful.
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Fetal Pole (6 weeks)
A mass of fetal cells, separate from the yolk sac, first becomes apparent on transvaginal ultrasound just after the 6th week of gestation. This mass of cells is known as the fetal pole. It is the fetus in its somite stage. Usually you can identify rhythmic fetal cardiac movement within the fetal pole, although it may need to grow several mm before this is apparent.
The fetal pole grows at a rate of about 1 mm a day, starting at the 6th week of gestational age.
Development, Gestation, Conception. They give different dates for when the second trimester begins and for when the third trimester begins. Your health care provider might prefer to use the Development method, while another Midwife or Doctor may use the Gestation method.
I am sure they do that just to confuse pregnant women.
by Development:
This uses actual developmental stages to divide up a pregnancy. From LMP to 12 weeks the embryo develops all the major organs and becomes a fetus.
The preferred time to perform targeted fetal echocardiograms is between 18 and 24 weeks gestation. That time frame usually gives good imaging windows of the fetal heart. Earlier gestational ages might have grainy, fuzzy images due to the small size of the heart. Later in gestation, the images may be shadowed by the ribs and other bones.
From wikipedia-
During embryological development, some fetuses may form choroid plexus cysts. These fluid-filled cysts can be detected by a level II ultrasound (18–20 weeks gestation). The finding is relatively common, with a prevalence of ~1%. Choroid plexus cysts (CPC) can be an isolated finding, which confers a 1% (variable based on population studied) risk of fetal aneuploidy. The risk of aneuploidy increases to 10.5-12% if other risk factors or ultrasound findings are noted.
hi again just wonderin if any one can help as before i told u i found out i was pregenant on the 16th on the 17th i had a bright red bleed with clots of which stopped in a hour went to the doctors on the 18th she told me to come back in 2 weeks well i have gone back the test was still positive so she sent me 4 a scan of which i have had would like to no on the notes the sonographer wrote it says there is a gestation sac measuring 12mm x 13mm there is a suspicion of a yolk sac noted within the ge
m 13 weeks in and i had bleeding last night went to the er and they did a sonogram found gestational sac within the endometrial cavity with fetal pole corresponding to 13 week and 4 day gestation. .fetal heart rate 160bpm .
Had an ultrasound done at 6 weeks 4 days...There was a gestation sac and a yolk sac but there was no fetal pole...Just wondering if everything is going to be okay...This is my 4th pregnancy but I only have 1 child...
I recenty had Intrauterine fetal Death at 22 weeks gestation. My doctor suppects that its bec. of my borderline low TSH and borderline high T4. I've never been hyperthyroid in my entire life nor have the symptoms of Hyperthyroidism. I've read that there's something called Transient Gestational Hyperthyroidism which usually resolves after 1st trimester. I'm confused?
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