When Is the Earliest an Ultrasound Can Diagnosis Pregnancy?
You may have had a positive pregnancy test but when will you be able to have an ultrasound to confirm the pregnancy? And what will that early ultrasound show?
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Can Fetal Heart Rate Predict a Miscarriage?
The fetal heart rate can be seen on ultrasound as early as 5 weeks 1 days of the pregnancy, and usually it's seen by 6 weeks and 0 days.
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Fetal Heart Rate and Baby's Sex
Can fetal heart rate predict my baby's sex?
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Labor Monitoring: What Are All These Wires?
The first few hours you spend in the labor and delivery department are hectic. You will have little to no alone time as medical staff prepares you for delivery.
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Fetal Heartbeat
When can the fetal heartbeat first be seen?
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Ultrasound and Missed Abortion or Miscarriage
A missed abortion or miscarriage can be diagnosed on ultrasound (sonogram) with several different signs.
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Fetal Heart Rate Not Good Predictor of Fetal Health
According to a research study completed by the Intermountain Medical
Center, fetal heart rate may not be the best indicator of fetal health.
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The Effects of Tachysystole on the Fetal Heart
Researchers from the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare published a study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology that examined the various effects of tachysystole on the fetal heart.
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Human Heart Tissue Jumbled Until Late Pregnancy
Despite the fact that the first human heart beat can be detected early
in the first trimester, researchers from the University of Leeds report
human heart tissues remain jumbled until walls develop late in
pregnancy.
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Fetal Testing and Monitoring
Fetal testing and monitoring are done to ensure that a fetus is healthy and growing at an acceptable rate. Fetal tests can help detect potential and actual problems. This gives the doctors an opportunity to treat the problem before it further develops, if at all possible.
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Predicting a Miscarriage
Successful pregnancy can be predicted up to 94% accuracy between days 33 and 36 using transvaginal ultrasound to detect 3 markers, gestational sac diameter, yolk sac size, and fetal cardiac activity.
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Risk of Miscarriage and Fetal Heart Rate
With vaginal bleeding, the risk of miscarriage is high before you see the fetal heartbeat and low without bleeding after you see the heartbeat.
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