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How early can you hear a babies heartbeat? 4, 5wks?
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10025015 tn?1422498264
7 weeks with my first baby, this one im 5 weeks and went to the ER they did an ultrasound and only saw a sac but no yolk sac, so i gotta go back monday for a repeat blood test and an ultrasound.
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I've just had an emergency us this morning due to thinking it was ectopic. Lucky enough all is fine and in the right place I'm only 4-5 weeks and all you could see was an empty yolk sack. Got to go back next week for another us and nurse said I should be able to hear heart beat next week.  
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I got to hear my baby's heart beat at 6 weeks through a vaginal ultrasound. But I recently heard it 2 weeks ago when I was 12 weeks through a normal heart detector. Or whatever they call those little microphone things haha (:
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At 3w they wouldn't even have done an us. I found out at 4+2 and I had an emergency us at 5w to make sure it wasn't ectopic. All they saw was an empty yolk sack. I went back at 6+4 and finally saw my baby and the heartbeat.
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7998970 tn?1435183202
Sorry, 3 weeks*
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7998970 tn?1435183202
She's going back for an ultrasound tomorrow (she's 5wks) when she mentioned she was pregnant she said she was 4 wks, & she said the picture she got was her last appointment. They don't do appointments that close together anyway, not that I'm aware of at least lol anyway I'm not gunna bash her for thinking she's lying. Oh well.
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The baby doesn't develop its own heartbeat until around 6w. At 4w it is still essentially a bunch of dividing cells. And definitely wouldn't look anything like a baby. She's probably messing.with you. I wouldn't be surprised.if.she.tells you a different due date after her dating scan in a couple more weeks
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My first appointment I was 11 weeks and didn't hear his heart beat! I first heard it at 15 weeks
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8464451 tn?1409883976
I heard mine at 5 weeks & on the ultrasound all you could see was a black dot lol
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I was 5 weeks and 4 days. :)
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7998970 tn?1435183202
I heard mine at 6 weeks. Just didn't know it was possible to maybe hear it before that because a friend of mine just told me she heard hers at like 4 weeks & got an ultrasound picture as well but the baby looks too big for that week anyway. & she's only 5wks now. Just trynna make sure she's not messing with my head lol she has a tendency of lying, a lot!
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I'm 9 weeks and was able to hear the babies through a vaginal ultrasound
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When I was 12 weeks I was able to hear mine
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