Ultrasounds

Gender can usually be determined around 20 weeks into pregnancy with an ultrasound.

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how big is the embryo when you began to hear its hearbeats?

This information is correct. I experienced the exact same thing. The early ultrasound is exeptionally accurate in most cases and the baby should measure within 1 week of the estimated age. Your body will most likely miscarry otherwise a D&C could be recommended. The pregnancy will most likely not advance past 12 weeks.

That depends on which test is done. A chorionic villus sample test can determine gender around 9 weeks. An amniocentesis can also determine gender and is done between 16-20 weeks. An ultrasound is the least reliable method because it's done visually usually around 18 weeks.

He looks like a perfectly proportional baby, just really skinny and small

Doctors palpate(feel) your abdomen to see where the uterus is. As the baby gets larger, they are able to feel recognizeable parts, and then they get a pretty good idea of how far along you are.

if there is still another sac it most likely means you have had a miscarriage but not always

I can think of little good that come of this, however, there's nothing criminal in and of itself in having such a thing, so here goes:

1. Google an ultrasound image, and photoshop the personal data off, and add whatever data you find appropriate. Print out on photo paper.

2. Ask a medical technician.

3. Best of all, check with a local attorney and learn that if you try to convince someone you are pregnant for purposes of marriage or money, you are committing fraud.

no because the heart isn't all the way developed yet at 7 weeks

Diagnostic imaging embraces several procedures that aid in diagnosing ailments. Besides the familiar x-ray, another common diagnostic imaging method is magnetic resonance imaging, which uses giant magnets that create radio waves, rather than radiation, to form an image. Not all imaging technologies use ionizing radiation or radio waves, however. Sonography, or ultrasonography, is the use of sound waves to generate an image for the assessment and diagnosis of various medical conditions. Sonography usually is associated with obstetrics and the use of ultrasound imaging during pregnancy, but this technology has many other applications in the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.

Diagnostic medical sonographers, also known as ultrasonographers, use special equipment to direct nonionizing, high frequency sound waves into areas of the patient's body. Sonographers operate the equipment, which collects reflected echoes and forms an image that may be videotaped, transmitted, or photographed for interpretation and diagnosis by a physician.

Sonographers begin by explaining the procedure to the patient and recording any medical history that may be relevant to the condition being viewed. They then select appropriate equipment settings and direct the patient to move into positions that will provide the best view. To perform the exam, sonographers use a transducer, which transmits sound waves in a cone- or rectangle-shaped beam. Although techniques vary with the area being examined, sonographers usually spread a special gel on the skin to aid the transmission of sound waves.

Viewing the screen during the scan, sonographers look for subtle visual cues that contrast healthy areas with unhealthy ones. They decide whether the images are satisfactory for diagnostic purposes and select which ones to show to the physician. Sonographers take measurements, calculate values, and analyze the results in preliminary reports for the physicians.

Diagnostic medical sonographers may specialize in obstetric and gynecologic sonography (the female reproductive system), abdominal sonography (the liver, kidneys, gallbladder, spleen, and pancreas), neurosonography (the brain), or breast sonography. In addition, sonographers may specialize in vascular technology or echocardiography. (Vascular technologists and echocardiographers are covered in the statement on cardiovascular technologists and technicians.)

Obstetric and gynecologic sonographers specialize in the study of the female reproductive system. Included in the discipline is one of the more well-known uses of sonography: examining the fetus of a pregnant woman to track the baby's growth and health.

Abdominal sonographers inspect a patient's abdominal cavity to help diagnose and treat conditions primarily involving the gallbladder, bile ducts, kidneys, liver, pancreas, and spleen. Abdominal sonographers also are able to scan parts of the chest, although studies of the heart using sonography usually are done by echocardiographers.

Neurosonographers focus on the nervous system, including the brain. In neonatal care, neurosonographers study and diagnose neurological and nervous system disorders in premature infants. They also may scan blood vessels to check for abnormalities indicating a stroke in infants diagnosed with sickle-cell anemia. Like other sonographers, neurosonographers operate transducers to perform the sonogram, but use frequencies and beam shapes different from those used by obstetric and abdominal sonographers.

Breast sonographers use sonography to study the disease in breasts. Sonography aids mammography in the detection of breast cancer. Breast sonography can also track tumors, blood supply conditions, and assist in the accurate biopsy of breast tissue. Breast sonographers use high-frequency transducers, made exclusively to study breast tissue.

In addition to working directly with patients, diagnostic medical sonographers keep patient records and adjust and maintain equipment. They also may prepare work schedules, evaluate equipment purchases, or manage a sonography or diagnostic imaging department.

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only really big ones, usually they do an amnicentesis if they suspect something and I don't think it can be done before you are three months pregnant good luck joymaker rn Answer 2Ultrasound can detect many abnormalities for example, heart, kidney and limb abnormalities, and can give a "risk" level for others, for example Down syndrome. But other abnormalities may only be detected by blood test and so on abter birth.

Absolutely not...it isn't even just a cm or so at that time...

As far as conception no one knows but the count goes from lmp (last menst period) so for example: if you had your last period on june 20th and you found you are pregnant after testing on july 16th then your conception count will be from june 20th, even though it could have been june 25th who knows.it's like math rounding the figure. And so the fetus tend to have heart beat sometime in their 6th weeks or 25-30days.the fetus size at that point could be as big as rice grain to a small raisin.hope i answered your question

From what I understand it can take 6 weeks before a sac is detectable on a vaginal ultrasound. If there is no sac at 6-7 weeks there is reason for concern.

Normally diagnosed between 9 and 16 weeks' gestation.

The fetal heart begins beating around the 5th week of development.

You can hear it with Doppler ultrasound around week 9 or 10.

You may be able to hear it with a stethoscope around week 20.

No, I'm sorry. A healthy embryo has a heart beat that may be detected at 4 weeks gestation on a good ultrasound, by 5 to 6 weeks the heart rate should be 90 to 110 beats per minute.

The first weeks of pregnancy is such a delicate process, things can go wrong, in this very early stage of development. Such early loss is very hard for expectant parents, especially if they have been trying to conceive for some time.

Fortunately this is not a sign of the way the things always work out, most women who have a very early loss have no problem conceiving again and having a healthy pregnancy.

Head to toe of the fetus is parallel to the ground Head to toe of the fetus is parallel to the ground

Yes, but there are a few questions that need to be asked before you do this-- Why are you doing this as they are closing costs to address--ones you just paid and the new ones?? Is there a termination fee or pre-payment penalty that has to be paid? Will the new lender use a new appraisal (if there is one- assuming you want cash out)or will they want to use the sales price? Most lenders want seasoning--meaning time in the house before a refinance is done. If you had work done on the house, you will have to prove it by specific receipts not just by a balance on a credit card. As you will have to prove that the credit card was not used for anything else but the house. Ask the lender questions first, before you start applying to make sure they can do what you are asking for.

While some of the signs seem bad, don't lose hope just yet. By the dates you have mentioned, the scan was done when you were six weeks pregnant. At six weeks, an ultrasound should show a sac, a fetal pole, and a heartbeat. You also mentioned the hCG level - this is on the very low side of average for six weeks, but is still within the normal range. A much better indicator is if the levels fall or stabilize so it would be worth asking to be retested.

An important point to note is that you have long cycles. This may be an explanation for why your hCG levels are still apparently low for the number of weeks, and may also explain why the ultrasound looks like one done at five weeks.

I'd be getting the retest on hCG levels...if they haven't fallen or stayed the same, all is probably well and your baby is a little younger than the dates suggest. Should you be going to miscarry, the pain will continue and some bleeding occur. If the pain has continued on, you would need to keep asking for the reason.

It's a little bit behind in its growth. The doctor/midwife will keep a close eye on you for the remainder of your pregnancy and may send you for an ultrsound to check the growth.

I am also 1cm dilated and 80% effaced...1 week ago I was 1 cm dilated and 70% effaced. It is different for everyone...Although my DR. said the norm was 3 days after you lose your mucus plug...good luck

I had my youngest child in early 1986. The doctor had an ultrasound machine, which wasnt like they are today, and told me he believed the baby was a boy. But that was only a 75% guess. I was about 23 weeks then. He even sent his nurse from the room before he would say. No pictures or dvd's back then. I never had any scan with my previous pregnancies and they were 1977 and 1979.