Hi Dr. My wife is pregnant in her 1st trimester.. Roughly she is in her 8th week of pregnancy.. Lately we went to a gynecologist for Consultancy. During her 6th week we able to see heartbeat but now on 8th week(as per our calculation) but the Dr said its her 9th week and can't see the heartbeat. He said it abnormal growth and asked to abort.. We are in big Confusion now. Can you help us on this. What shall we do..
Hello, Based on the description you mentioned , it appears your wife has missed miscarriage. I am really sorry to say that in such case, the fetus fails to grow, as the fetal heartbeat has stopped. Even if you do not take Medications to abort it , it will eventually be removed by the body (as in it will abort itself in due course of time). It upto you, to wait for it to happen on its owns, or you can consider going for the medications for the abortion as advised by your gynaec. In case you wanna wait for it to happen spontaneously, it is advisable to get weekly blood tests monitored as advised below and you can wait for maximum 2-3 weeks for it to expel spontaneously or else it would be better to go for evacuation from your Gynaec. Hope I was able to solve your query. - Blood group & Rh antigen testing. - Complete hemogram with platelets & Coagulation profile weekly once if waiting for spontaneous expulsion. - Condition & Options explained.