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Q: What is the earliest you have had an ultrasound done and could see the baby and hear the heartbeat?

I am now 5 weeks and 3 days pregnant with my second baby. With my first pregnancy I didnt have an ultrasound until almost 10 weeks but I know you can see the baby and hear the heartbeat sooner than that. I have already had a scare with this baby and was told there was a chance of it being ectopic. The doctor has been checking my HCG levels every 2-3 days ever since. They have went from 27 to 103 to 157 to 448 to 2,327. He has said once I was far enough along, he would perform an ultrasound to determine if the pregnancy is in the uterus (like it should be) or whether it is ectopic. It is hard to not get excited or tell anyone for the chance that it is ectopic. Im getting anxious and want to know when you had your first ultrasound? how many weeks were you? Could you see the baby or hear the heartbeat? What was your hcg level at the time of your ultrasound?(if you had yours checked) ANY feedback will be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

This question was asked Oct. 31, 2012 6:02am
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Answered by Charlotte17 - Oct. 31, 2012 12:25pm

I had my first ultrasound at 7w5d. We were able to both see and hear the heartbeat at that appointment.

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Answered by Libelula264 - Oct. 31, 2012 12:34pm

I had my first ultrasound at 5w2d, so right about where you are. We saw a gestational sac and a yolk sac, but NO fetal pole (no baby) and no heartbeat. My HCG was around 25,000 (!!) at that point.

BUT, BUT! Exactly 1 week later I had a follow up ultrasound and saw the baby and heartbeat. I am now 9w3d and everything is going well.

So prepare yourself to not see the baby or heartbeat just yet. You should see the gestational sac and yolk sac though (if you have your last period dates correct, anyway), which will confirm it is not ectopic.

It is still very early though, so I second what kaylia2oo5 said - don't get too worried if you don't see much. Good luck!

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Answered by monroezelda - Nov. 3, 2012 10:48am

I had a vaginal at 5 weeks 4 days ( could see heartbeat very clear .
I had a ultrasound at 7 weeks could see heartbeat .

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Answered by zaiobaio - Oct. 31, 2012 11:47am

I had mine at 6+2 because I had brown discharge/spotting ... saw gestational sac but no baby or heart beat (it was external scan)..Then 8+2 we saw the baby and the heartbeat...They measured him exactly 8+2 days . But the second scan was internal....Although I think 6 weeks is very early and only the lucky one will see the heartbeat and the baby.

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Answered by a member - Oct. 31, 2012 2:46pm

From what I've heard and experienced personally, the earliest a heartbeat can be detected is during your 6th week and that usually through a vaginal ultrasound. But, like the ladies before me said, every pregnancy is different; just because they don't detect one in your 6th week doesn't mean you wont find one in your 7th or even 8th week. I've noticed with vaginal ultrasounds, they tend to be able to see more detailed than with abdominal. And as far as your levels for being in your fifth week that's very good I was only 150 in my fifth week and I'm 38 weeks PG lol

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Answered by rachdunn2011 - Oct. 31, 2012 1:30pm

We had an ultrasound done when I was 5 weeks 2 days due to they thought mine was etopic. We seen the gestational sac and yolk sac but that was it like others have said its very early. I go tuesday for my 8 weeks ultrasound hoping to see/ hear more then... good luck

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Answered by PinknGreenMama - Oct. 31, 2012 4:18pm

My hcg levels were over 73,000 at 5w5d. I got my first u/s at 6w3d and saw the baby and heartbeat (two little chambers flickering). Only the sacs were visible via the abdominal, so she did a vaginal u/s and there it was. Good luck!

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Answered by Brittany0915 - Oct. 31, 2012 11:37am

i saw mine at 7 weeks. saw the little baby and heartbeat

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Answered by rachdunn2011 - Oct. 31, 2012 1:29pm

We had an ultrasound done when I was 5 weeks 2 days due to they thought mine was etopic. We seen the gestational sac and yolk sac but that was it like others have said its very early. I go tuesday for my 8 weeks ultrasound hoping to see/ hear more then... good luck

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Answered by kaylia2oo5 - Oct. 31, 2012 10:40am

I had my first ultrasound at 6w2d and we were able to see the baby as well as the heartbeat flickering. I'm not sure of what my HCG levels were at that time though. Every pregnancy is different though- some ladies haven't seen baby or heatbeat that early, some have seen it a few days earlier than me. If you don't see anything, I wouldn't be alarmed, as everyone is different- especially if you're off on your dates, even by a few days! Best of luck :)

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