Salt Lake City, UT
A 33-year-old female asked:
How early can u see a pregnancy on xray/ultra sound?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Liza Kunzanswered
Maternal-Fetal Medicine 22 years experience
Vaginal u/s?: You can see a pregnancy with a heartbeat on vaginal ultrasound at 6 weeks. You can see a sac a week early. We don't use x-rays to look a early pregnancy.
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Dr. Rixt Luikenaaranswered
Obstetrics & Gynecology 25 years experience
About 6-7 weeks : Depending on the first day of your last period usually we see a pregnancy around 6-7 weeks (we see a thickening of the uterus lining first around 4 weeks, then a sac with fluid with a little dot (fetal pole) around 5 weeks. If we look with a transvaginal ultrasound we see it around 6-7 (with heartbeat). If you are not sure about dates we do a bhcg; 1500 transvaginal, 2500 abdominal ultrasound.
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Last updated Jul 6, 2013
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