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My doctor couldn’t hear the heartbeat at 12 weeks either with a Doppler so they did an ultrasound to find it. Maybe see if there’s an elective ultrasound place you could go to for peace of mind? My doctor said it’s fairly common that early to not be able to hear it yet, baby is just small still and it doesn’t usually mean anything is wrong ☺️

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My midwife only has me do the anatomy US at 20 weeks. It’s the only one that matters. Ultrasounds are bad for fetuses but the American drs do a lot of them because they get great compensation from the insurance companies for each one. I feel like a good percentage of posts on this app are mom-to-bes panicking from an US. Which makes me so sad. They are glorified Dopplers really. If baby has a good heartbeat then all is good. They don’t even provide accurate dating or size measurements; 16-20wks are the most accurate but increasingly inaccurate the further away you are from that range. Refuse them in the future for the health of baby or if you can’t help yourself and want them, don’t pay attention to anything other than baby’s heart rate. All else is guess work and unnecessarily stressful on mamas.

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