Baby’s heartbeat

Hi I went for a scan at 5 weeks 6 days and doc said it’s too small to hear a heartbeat, scheduled to go back at 8 weeks 1 day..(am currently 6 weeks 2 days). However, am experiencing symptoms such as headaches and stomach cramps (moderate) and no bleeding... Usually when can a heartbeat be detected? And at how many weeks if there is no heartbeat, it is confirmed a loss..?

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5 weeks is considered very early stage. My first scan was at 5 weeks too and could only see a blinking in the ultrasound. I saw the proper heartbeat in week 7's ultrasound. Don't worry much about the stomach cramps if it's temporary. I too experienced some pain until week 15. My pain was lower abdomen (around pelvic area) and it goes off within less than a minute. Doctor said it's fine and normal. But if in your case you experience the pain for longer duration and very often then better to visit the doc at the earliest

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