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Is intravaginal ultrasound very accurate in determining how old is the embryo or the yolk sac ? i'm 8w preggo but ultrasound data said the sac is 5w.5
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Estimations: Estimations of gestation age are done by ultrasound, lmp, and rates of pregnancy growth as markers among others.
Answered 12/31/2013
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