Posted on Apr 20, 2022
'Heartbeat bills': Is there a so-called fetal heartbeat at six weeks of pregnancy?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"While what exists at six weeks isn’t a beating heart, pregnant people hear something during an ultrasound early in pregnancy. “Medically speaking, when I put a stethoscope against a patient’s heart, that ‘lub dub’ sound is made by the opening and closing of the cardiac valve,” Verma said. “At six weeks, those valves don’t exist.”...
"While what exists at six weeks isn’t a beating heart, pregnant people hear something during an ultrasound early in pregnancy. “Medically speaking, when I put a stethoscope against a patient’s heart, that ‘lub dub’ sound is made by the opening and closing of the cardiac valve,” Verma said. “At six weeks, those valves don’t exist.”...
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