What Causes Absence Of Heart Beat And Vaginal Spotting During Pregnancy?

Posted on Sat, 22 Jul 2017

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Question : I had my pregnancy scan two days agonand i showed 5 weeks and 4 days still no heart beat / yesterday i started spottting today i am passing a lot more blood even though we could see the sac on the ultrasound 2 days ago can i be miscarrying

Answered by Dr. Dr. B. Radhakrishnan. Nair (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I think it is abortion

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Greetings
since heart beat was not seen yesterday and bleeding today indicates you are aborting.
You can follow it up after 2 days.
Hope my answer helps you.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj