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5-6 Weeks No Fetal Pole

QUESTION

Dear Midwife,
I am about 5 - 6 weeks pregnant and went to the doctor today and they found no fetal pole on the ultrasound.. I'm worried. They called me and told me my hcg level doubled as normal... But shouldn't they be able to find the fetal pole at this time?? PLEASE HELP ME!?

ANSWER

Not necessarily. As long as your hcg is doubling--or even going up--it is too soon to worry. Not all babies do things according to the book, as they are too little to read :-).

--Cynthia, CNM

Comments

I went through this last week

Submitted by jo_1 on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 13:23.

I went through this last week after I had a small bleed but after having 2 blood tests done I was told my hcg had nearly tripled in 48 hours. I've got to go back for another scan next week but I'm sure everything will be fine as I've spoke to a few people who have had the same thing.

Jo

I went through this with my

Submitted by lvnmmyhood on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 14:52.

I went through this with my first pregnancy.
It's okay! And very common from what I understand. I was in tears for the next two weeks as they told my I could me miscarrying. But my next ultrasound was completely normal and now have a wonderful three year old!!!

The reasoning they gave me was that I ovulated late and there for was not as far a long as they had thought! Take a deep breath and relax,chances are everything is just fine!

April

Cynthia Flynn

Cynthia Flynn, CNM. PhD, is the General Director of the Family Health and Birth Center which provides prenatal, birth, postnatal, gynecological and primary health care to underserved women and their families in Washington, D.C. Recently Cynthia served as Associate Professor of Nursing at Seattle University. There she not only taught, but remained in full scope clinical midwifery practice at Valley Medical Center where she cared for pregnant and birthing women, and practices well-woman gynecology, family planning, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.

Cynthia founded Columbia Women's Clinic and Birth Center, where she took care of pregnant women and infants up to two weeks of age and attended both birth center and hospital births. Before Cynthia earned her CNM, she worked as a registered nurse in labor and delivery and postpartum and is a certified Doula and Doula trainer.