When are you able to see a fetal heartbeat on an ultrasound?

Approach: Transvaginal ultrasound is around 8 weeks transabdominal is around 10 weeks.

Varies: On transvaginal ultrasound fetal heart activity can be seen as early as 5.5 weeks but more typically after 6 weeks and always after 7 weeks in live pregnancies. In very early fetuses, on trans-abdominal sono early fetal heart visualization is complicated by uterus position, large patient size, and bladder filling.