Re: Fetal Heartbeat

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Posted by Natalie on September 26, 2000 at 08:22:24:

In Reply to: Fetal Heartbeat posted by Grandma on September 25, 2000 at 21:03:50:

: As a potential Grandma I need to know at what point can the fetal heartbeat be heard. I need to know the earliest possible and more importantly, the latest possible.

Grandma,
The normal point at which you can first detect a fetal heartbeat is 8 weeks. Usually if a heartbeat is not detected the doctor
will either ask you to come back within a week or so to try again or he will send you to a fetal medicine doctor who can perform
a vaginal ultrasound to make sure everything is OK.

Natalie


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