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Need of early pregnancy scan

2025-03-12 06:12:30
In 5th week 5 days or 5th week 6 days generally we don't see any conclusive thing in scan like heartbeat, still why some doctors prefer to go for this early scan in pregnancy? Any specific reason behind it?
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It may be done for a specific set of patients like those who have undergone IUI or IVF to find the location of pregnancy. The heartbeat is usually seen between 6 to 7 weeks

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To know the location of pregnancy.

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To rule out an ectopic pregnancy probably

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