Fetal development of heart beat

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The most critical period of its development is between three and seven weeks after fertilization, when a simple heart tube assumes the shape of a four-chambered heart. In fact, the heart actually begins beating by the 22nd day of life. When you are 5 weeks pregnant, your baby's heart is made up of two tiny channels called heart tubes and they're already hard at work, beating to their own drummer (it will be weeks before those beats become coordinated).

I had an ultrasound done at what I thought was 5 weeks 5 days and a yolk sac was seen but no fetal heart or fetal pole seen, and a repeat ultrasound to be done 10 days from then. Is this normal to not see any fetal pole or heart at this stage? The ultrasound tech said she wouldnt put me at 5 weeks 5 days.

In 5-10% of normally progressing pregnancies when the embryos measure between 2 and 4 mm the fetal heart rate cannot be seen, so in and by itself the absence of a fetal heart rate at that time does not mean it's a miscarriage. By the time the embryo measures 5 mm all embryos should have a heart rate. Between 5 to 9 weeks of gestation there is a rapid increase in the mean heart rate.

Prolonged exposure of Doppler to the fetus has the potential of increasing fetal temperature thus causing bioeffects such as cavitation most especially in the first trimester. Use with discretion. Just google ultrasound bioeffects.

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

Hi can anyone help how many weeks were you when you hward the heart beat?

Really wiyh that fetal heart beat dlppler whats the soonest u could hear it? Where can I get one ?

Hello, Doxycycline, like other tetracycline-class antibiotics, can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. The use of drugs of the tetracycline-class during tooth development (last half of pregnancy, infancy, and childhood up to the age of 8 years) may cause permanent discoloration of the teeth (yellow-gray-brown).

I'm 9 weeks and 1 day!!! Almost 2ed try it have a fetal heart beat thing could I here the baby's heart beat if I tryed of so what should it sound like and 2 whence I'll I be able to feel the baby flutters or move....

The significance of monitoring FHR is to detect fetal distress. When baby heart starts to beat around 5 wks, it started at 80bpm, then steadily increased by a few beats per week till 9w around 175bpm, and start falling to a normal range of 120-160bpm. Like lack of movement, abnormal FHR is a sign of fetal distress.

I went for a fetal echocardiogram at 20 weeks (now I'm at 24 weeks) to check the development of the babys heart as my mom has a heart condition called Hypotrophic Cardio Myopathy. Since its a genetic condition, we were advised to make this appointment. I wonder if its recommended for others even without family history of a specific condition. I personally would want to check the development of my baby's heart regardless.

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I went for my first ultrasound today. I was told i am about 6week's preg. I was shown my yolk sac but no sign of a heart beat or baby, Could this be because i'm earlier then expected in my pregnancy?. Very worried.

that u feel like a jolt through you body n thats basically the sign of your babys heart beat. i want to know if thats ever happen to any of you ladies? or felt something like that? n also my mom had said she had felt that with all 4 of her kids.. lol im new to this pregnancy thing so i wanted to know if that was true to anyone else?

Okk so im 38+2 and at the hospital cuz my bby heart beat dropped for about a min n having sum contractions lets seee wat the drs tell me anyone had these suggestions??

Lady's I need help I'm very worried its making me sick..I'm 12wks 5 days I have a nurse come once a week to monitor my blood pressure and she was here 2 days ago witch would have made me 12wks 3 days well anyways she tryed to hear the baby's heart beat and couldn't find one is it normal or should I continue to be worried? ??

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