(09-22-2022 02:12 PM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(09-22-2022 01:57 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Meh.

Quote:When does a baby have a heartbeat?
At 5 to 6 weeks of pregnancy, there's a flickering of cells within the embryo's torso. This flickering is the developing heart tube.

At this point, the heart isn't the four-chambered organ we're familiar with. It's a tube-shaped structure that has a lot of developing to do. The heart tube bends and twists to eventually form the heart, including its chambers.

Because the heart isn't yet developed, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) defines this movement as "cardiac activity" rather than a heartbeat.

"What pregnant people may hear or see is the ultrasound machine translating electronic impulses that signify fetal cardiac activity into the sound that we recognize as a heartbeat," ACOG states. The group recommends waiting until the heart is fully formed before using the term "heartbeat."

https://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy/hea...t_10349811

I also believe you can only hear this activity via a vaginal ultrasound and not the standard on belly ultrasound.

How many vaginal ultrasounds and belly ultrasounds of 6 week old fetus' have you listened to in your many years in the medical field, that would lead you to make that statement? We'd all be interested to hear more about your knowledge on the topic.