I'm almost 6 weeks pregnant and need to know about baby heartbeats and if i need to terminate the baby?

Question

I'm 6 weeks pregnant,and a doctor told me that there was no heartbeat so i should just terminate the baby. I don't belive him. He is against teen pregnancy (i'm 17) and the first time I went to see him he said it was not a good pregnancy and gave me my options. I want to wait and go see another doctor because I think there might be a chance that the baby will have a heartbeat soon, but the doctor i'm going to is pushing me to terminate it. I don't know what to do and I could really use some help. If you have any answers or advice please let me know.

Answer 1

Definately get another opinion!!! You can actually sue him for false information and pressuring you into an unwillful situation (if he lied). Do what your heart tells you to. If you want to keep your baby and believe it will be healthy, go see another doctor. If he's right about the heart beat though, I'm very very sorry :'(


I just asked my mom whose been a nurse for 30 years, and she says that you normally can't hear the baby's heartbeat for AT LEAST 3 or 4 months! So your doctor definately lied to you!!! Find another one and report him for malpractice!

Answer 2

I think if you are anxious, or don't trust your doctor's conclusion, you should definetely get a second opinion. I really hope for your sake that your instincts are right, and that the baby will be OK.

I do have to tell you though, that if a heartbeat was not seen on an ultrasound that there is very little chance that your pregnancy will continue. This is because a fetus's heart starts beating 28 days after conception, and this is when the baby is first visable. When I had an ultrasound at 6 weeks pregnant, my baby was 0.57cm and it had a heartrate of about 131 beats per minute.

Perhaps next time when you go for an ultrasound, you could ask the ultrasound technician to point things out for you, and tell you why or why not this pregnancy could survive.

Answer 3

Most heartbeats are not heard until 8-10 weeks. However, some babies heartbeats can be seen earlier than that. We first heard our son's at 6.5 weeks. If you are only 6 weeks pregnant, and there are no other symptoms, I would just assume that the baby is positioned in such a way that the heartbeat can't be seen/heard yet. Get a second opinion, and ask for an vag ultrasound. The doctor will be able to see if there is a sac with a developing embryo. If it is empty, then you can opt to have a D&C, or wait to miscarry naturally. If there is a baby developing, then you can make your choice from there. Whatever you do, make sure you are informed.

Answer 4

First off, it sounds like you need to find another doctor.

Second, sometimes at 6 weeks you can see the heartbeat with ultrasound, but most of the time you can't. I know this because last time i was pregnant we weren't able to see the heartbeat untill i was almost 8 weeks. The earliest you can hear the heartbeat is around 12+ weeks, and even then it depends on how much fat the mother has, how the uterus is positioned, and where the baby is in the uterus.

It sounds like this doctor is just trying to make you terminate your pregnancy because you are only 17, please don't listen to him\her.

Answer 5

You need to get another opinion even if its just from a place like planned parenthood or a pregnancy help center which many cities/states have.. If you have no gotten an unltrasound yet and he just listened it is very possible that ur to early to hear it BUT that doesn't mean a baby isn't there... So doctors have trouble even finding it at 2-2 1/2 months.. I'm not joking this is from personal experience.. I am 5 months right now and did not get a heartbeat til 9 weeks but it was there and it's great... I hope you do NOT kill it that's horrible.. I know ur young but many people can do it if this helps just remember its UR CHOICE no on elses.... Prove everyone wrong and show they you can be the BEST mom ever... I am 20 yrs old and honestly I think that's old enough to have a baby but everyone else disagrees so I will prove them wrong... Email me if u need to [e-mail]
Hope I helped!

Answer 6

OMG go to a different doctor!!!
You can't even hear the baby until between 7 and 10 weeks!!!
What a son of a bltch!!! I'd report him to the board of medicine...that is directly against his oath as a doctor!!
What a bastard!!
Go to another doctor...if you want to hear the baby on your own, when ever you want...you can rent a fetal doppler for 25 bucks a month...I rented one and it's the coolest thing ever...I listen to the heartbeat whenever I want to...
Just go to www.bellybeats.com ...

I would flat out tell your doctor that you and your family will make the decisions about your unborn child and no one else.
And that if he insists on harrassing you on the subject not only will you find another doctor (which you should do anyway) but that you will also report him. Six weeks is too early to tell anything, he's either a really bad doctor...or he's a butcher!

Find a new doc asap!

Answer 7

GET A NEW DR!!!!! If there is no heartbeat than the baby with terminate the pregnancy on it's own. Miscarriage is very common esp in young mothers and first pregnancies. The Dr may also not be able to find it because it can be hard in the first weeks remeber the baby is like the size of a strawberry now and the heart is itty bitty. Don't despair...so find a new Dr and FAST you have no obliation to this guy...If you aren't sure you can handle having a baby consider adoption not abortion...The pregnancy will be hard on your body but you will make it through

Answer 8

If I were you I would definetly get a second opinion. You shouldn't let anyone pressure you into doing anything. You should have an ultrasound done. I had a miscarriage before and I could see for myself on the screen that there was no heartbeat. Always go with your gut instinct. Go to a confidential clinic like Planned parenthood or something. They specialize in teen pregnancy and those types of things. You won't feel judged and you can be confident in the information that they give you about you pregnancy. GOOD LUCK!

Answer 9

Go find another ob/gyn SOON to get a second opinion, and report this f*cking quack to the AMA. I had early ultrasounds with both of my babies, and neither of their heartbeats showed up until about 7 weeks. With my second baby, I had an ultrasound at 6 weeks, and there was a yolk sac, but no fetal pole. All it took was a week, and there he was! Did this dr. do a trans-vaginal ultrasound? (They do them early in pregnancy because they get a much closer/better look at the baby.)

With my first son, my ultrasound showed some type of mass on one of my fallopian tubes (and also a yolk sac in my uterus. He thought I might have had twins and one was ectopic). Even though I was having NO pain, no fever, no indication that anything was wrong, this doctor was trying to convince me to have surgery to have see what this mass was. He said there's a 75% chance I could lose the baby I had in my uterus. He even had a group of specialists come in and talk with me. I promptly thanked them for their time, got up and walked out of the office and out of the hospital. 8.5 months later, I had a healthy, happy 8 lb. 4 oz. NON deformed baby boy who is now the light of my life, along with his younger brother. :) This idiot doctor tried to convince me that the baby would also have deformities since I am epileptic and take a seizure medicine. Do you have ANY idea how incredibly grateful I am that I didn't listen to him?

Please..do yourself and your baby a favor, and DO NOT go back to this man. Get a second (and third, if necessary!) opinion.

Answer 10

Babe, your docor is messed up! You need to get a second opinion before you do anything. Termination is up to you-not a dr.! Try going to a womens center or just try seeing another doctor. If your doctor couldn't find a hearbeat he should have been REALLY concerned and IMMEDIATELY sent you off for another opinion. My doctor was having trouble finding a heartbeat and he immediately rushed out of the room and got another dr to look for it. If you are really worried like at this minute-fake some sharp pains in your groin area and go to the ER. they will immediately look for a heartbeat and take it serious! you just need to find a new dr because if your baby is alive then you need a dr to make you feel great about it and help you feel so excited. I'd turn his *** in!

Answer 11

If there was something seriously wrong with the baby's heartbeat, it would probably die on its own sooner or later. I'd be getting a second opinion from a different doctor. I'm wondering why he would be wanting you to terminate the pregnancy. What does he know that we don't and you're not telling us?