<prompt> Earliest sign of intrauterine death isGas in blood vesselsHyperflexion of fetal spineSpaldings signAboion  <response>: Intrauterine death : Presence of gas in the fetal large vessels - Robes sign is the earliest sign seen 12 hrs after fetal death Ball sign - Crumpled up spine of the fetus or hyperflexion of the spine Spaldings sign -Overlapping of the fetal skull bones due to shrinkage of cerebrum after death of fetus. Ref:Dutta Obs 9e pg 303. 