midwife couldnt find heartbeat ,anyone else had this ?

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Supposed to be 12 weeks and the midwife tried to find the heartbeat using the doppler ,but she couldnt find it ,heard lots of whooshing which she said means there is a pregnancy and she thought she heard it briefly in the background . Anyone else had this experience ? ive got my date scan on friday ,will i be able to see it ?

They wouldn't even try for me until 16 - 17 weeks. It's very iffy at 12 weeks because the baby is still really tiny in there. I'm sure everything is fine, please don't panic!

12 weeks is still quite early to hear a heartbeat - did the MW not warn you she may not pick it up?

I had this at my 12 week appointment too and everything was fine as had nuchal scan a couple of days later.

This is why lots of midwifes won't try and listen to the heartbeat until at least 16 weeks.

Good luck with scan.

I think it is often 14 weeks before hb can be heard on a doppler. All will be clear at the scan
It's hard not to worry though.

thankyou so much ,i wasnt really worried ,she did say shall we try ? and didnt appear at all suprised when she couldnt find it ,it just so long since my last baby i have forgotton all about this pregnancy malarky

I saw my mw on monday at 12 wks and she asked if i wanted to try as it was still early and they might not get anything as baby is still very low down. A student nurse had a go first and couldn't find anything but then the senior midwife said sometimes you have to wait for 'him to swim by' so we waited a minute or 2 and eventually we did hear the heartbeat, only for 5 or 6 seconds and then he 'swam away' again. Don't worry, like everyone else has said it's still very early xx

What the midwife meant is that the whooshing noise is the placenta, and the placenta is driven by the baby. This means that although she couldn't hear the heartbeat for sure, she could be sure the baby was alive.

Hope you have a lovely scan!