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dear archie, suddenly i got so concerned, dont know y. doc said its a sac that we cud see. im jus 5 weeks pregnant. is this how it shud be? suddenly i got tensed. plz tell me. and sai if we wanted to c a better picture, i can hv a trans-vagibal u/s, but i said no.hopefully all r fine. he showed a portion and said 'pregnancy is there'. am i getting too anxious? guide me archie.

Thanks
Pridu. archie replied. Dear Pridu,
Yes, for sure you are overly anxious!!!!:)

Don't worry, you have nothing to worry about.

First of all a 5 weeks pregnancy is too early to pick up by obstetric ultrasound. It's usually a transvaginal.

You are expected to see embryonic sac and a fetal pole at 5 weeks gestation, so from your other message I get that you have seen that. Looks are good to me.

Listen carefully and tell your mind and promise me that you won't work up your mind for nothing. Pregnancy is time when you get concerned for many minor things and you seems one of those typical who will get more anxious about things. Sorry, I don't mean to give you! I am just trying to save you from un-necessary worries those can stress you and that's not good while pregnant.

YOu can have an ultrasound later stages and you will see fetus indeed. At 5 weeks stage your pregnancy is still in advanced stages of embryo and you will not call it a fetus. Fetus is stage of pregnancy that begins at or aroudn 7 weeks gestation thereafter you are supposed to hear heartbeat either by ultrasound or from week 11-13 onward with doppler.

Take care
Archie