Heartbeat at 5w5d

Ok so today I noticed spotting and of course went into panic station mode . With having the MC in July I immediately started crying and thought the worse!! Thankfully I have a fantastic Dr and he rang the scan place and managed to get me in to be seen .

Anyways, at the moment all is OK . Baby's heartbeat was just seen and beating at 94bpm . Which I was totally not expecting to be able to see.
The sonographer (sp?) also told us the sac was measuring at 5w4d (a day behind my LMP) but the fetus was measuring at 5w6d (a day ahead my LMP). Now I know there is room for +/-4 days, so Im not too concerned about that but what I want to know is, is Baby's Heartbeat in a normal range?? And also, does any know what the chances of MC is after seeing a heartbeat??

Thanks in advance ladies

Yay Rianna.  That's fab news.

I'm sure I read that too Kate.

Seeing the heartbeat probably depends a lot more on the placing of the baby/placenta than on the age... it's usually around 7 weeks I think but if your one shows a week early, no worries!! Besides, it sounds like bubs knew exactly what you needed

Thanks ladies for your reassuarance. Thats good to know that its really low

I still have spotting, only very very light though so I will just monitor and ask for another scan in a few weeks.

busymum wrote: it sounds like bubs knew exactly what you needed

for some reason teresa, that made me tear up!

huge congrats rianna!!!

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Hey Rianna , I've also heard the same that once you get a heartbeat, the risk for m/c drops enormously, so yay for you hun!  I'm not sure what the range is- my little girls heart was beating away at bout 167bpm at about 7 weeks....but I have heard an old wives tale that girls have faster heartbeats so maybe you have a little boy brewing in there.....

The spotting thing is scary as hell....I had intermittent brown spotting (and sometimes quite 'stringy' sorry tmi ) from about your stage right through to about 9.5 weeks.  It was horrible. I was so sure this pg was gonna end in mc too, but I never cramped and spotted at the same time...just the brown discarge stuff seemed to keep coming, esp after I went for a walk or had been working. The reason is still unlcear but it did get me 2 early scans, which were reasurring!  It just suddenly stopped at about 9.5-10 weeks (funnily enough after BD one night lol ), so I wonder if it was just old blood or something coming out as my womb grew?

I'm sure it will all be fine for you this time hun. Already gettin' those boy vibes from ya!

Thanks ladies. I must say I am feeling much better now but will be asking for another scan!!

Karen thats terrible all that spotting you had. I sooo hope I dont have it like that. Oh my spotting is also simetimes stringy weird stuff!! LOL !!! A boy you reckon!!!

Thanks SpecialK. Woohoo Bring on week 10

Hehe I had boy feelings for you too! (but then again I also thought I was having a boy...)

Skp thats awesome to hear. Thanks for sharing that, it does make me feel alot better