Heartbeat at 8w?

hales.21 · October 2010

Question for you ladies!

I have my first ultrasound in a few weeks - I will be 8w2d along. The nurse said I need to have a full bladder and their going to do an external one first, and if we need to then we'll do internal. I was wondering if we'll be able to hear the heart beat or see the baby at 8w? I'm getting antsy already and the appointment isn't until the Nov 15th!

Thanks!!

SAHM4EVA · October 2010

you probably wont be able to hear it, but 8 weeks you can definatly see it. we saw our baby's heartbeat at 6w3d.

buggles · October 2010

Yep! At 8 weeks (had mine recently) you can see the baby (although it doesn't look much like a newborn) and see the flicker of a heartbeat via US.

Enjoy!

SweetBaby2004 · October 2010

We had an u/s at 7 weeks and we could see the heartbeat on the ultrasound.

morgiepoo91 · October 2010

at 7 weeks, i not only saw my baby and heartbeat, but i heard the heartbeat. good luck, its def very exciting! Smile

LittleEgypt · October 2010

You can see the fetus and the flickering heartbeat. You can't hear the actual heartbeat, but the ultrasound tech can generate a sound based on the visual of the beat, which is what you hear. When I had mine, it looked like a wiggly gummy bear, LOL.

hales.21 · October 2010

Oh wonderful! Thanks everyone!! I'm so excited to see that little bean jumping around in there. I'm happy we'll be able to see something!

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masqur8r · October 2010

LittleEgypt:
You can see the fetus and the flickering heartbeat. You can't hear the actual heartbeat, but the ultrasound tech can generate a sound based on the visual of the beat, which is what you hear. When I had mine, it looked like a wiggly gummy bear, LOL.

This, ours was 174 today and we joked we have a gummybear

Jessynlove · October 2010

how exciting! Two more weeks till I get to go see my gummybear!

IU_baby · October 2010

I had an ultrasound at 7w1d and we could see and hear the heartbeat. I had an internal u/s so I'm not sure if that matters.

Good luck!

mommy411 · October 2010

google 8 week ultrasound

jenerally? · October 2010

I had an external at 8w3d. We didn't hear the heartbeat, but I saw it flickering and it measured 120 bpm.

An internal will give you a better photo of the baby, but some OBs are moving away from doing that; no worries, either way. Nov 15 will be here before you know it!

CantWait4U2arrive · October 2010

We saw and heard our baby's heartbeat at from the internal ultrasound at 6w6d. She tried the external and couldn't see what she wanted and couldn't get a heartbeat but did with the internal. Good luck and Congratulations!

jenerally? · October 2010

pigtails1031:
google 8 week ultrasound

you spread a special kind of joy on this board.

Mrs.ABC · October 2010

Yes you should be able to see it but may not be able to hear it. I had an internal at 5 weeks to date my pregnancy and I saw the tiny heart beat. Good luck and have fun!

Beanie511 · October 2010

We saw and heard the heartbeat at 7 weeks. Good luck!

kevinslove · October 2010

I had my first appointment today and they tried to hear the baby's heartbeat (but didn't do an ultrasound, they just used a dopplar to try to hear it). I am going to do an ultrasound on Thursday night because they could not hear the heartbeat (and because twins run in both of our families).

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