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Irregular gestational sac. at 5-6 weeks. will this lead to misscarriage? doctors folic acid, does it help?

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Dr. Michael Traub answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

Maybe: Too early to know. soon on ultrasound you should see the pregnancy and heartbeat. If those occur then likely everything will be fine. early on it is common for the sac to be irregular!

Dr Chuu agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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