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Andrea please don't panic! It is NOT NORMAL TO SEE A BABY AT YOUR STAGE OF PREGNANCY. Most baby's don't show up until 7 weeks. Please look up 'fetal pole' on Wikipedia. It will tell you that it is quite normal for the fetal pole (baby/embryo) to not show up until 8 weeks. It also says that they usually show up for the first time at 6 weeks. On abdominal scan it takes even longer and can usually only be first sighted at 6.5 weeks. DO NOT HAVE A D&C. Your Doctor is totally irresponsibile to even mention it when you are 5 and a half weeks pregnant. Also, it is impossible to accurately date the progress of your pregnancy at this point. I am certain of my dates - I should be 7 weeks. But my ultrasound has me at 5 weeks. My baby has a heart beat but it only half the length it should be! This proves that everything can be fine and the baby can be behind schedule at the moment. Things vary massively from woman to woman at this point. Your baby IS ther. It is just too small to be seen on these clumsy scans yet, or it is still hiding out in the yolk sac, or your womb is tilted back making things take sooo much longer to show up, or he is just hiding out. I believe your chances of finding the baby in two weeks time with a heartbeat are as good as any woman. I went for a scan at 5 weeks 6 days and they saw nothing! My baby is doing fine now. You have nothing to worry about. You are perfectly normal. The baby does not show up until 5mm and that is usually at 6-6.5 weeks. DO NOT get a D&C until at least 8 weeks. They found my baby for the first time at 7 weeks with a heartbeat and by 8 weeks you will see yours.

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