What to Expect on the Fifth Week of Pregnancy

For brand new parents who are only a few weeks into gestation, one of the more exciting things during this time is listening to your child’s heart beat for the first time. It is around the fifth week when the fetal heart has started to form and beat. 

The Obstetrician Sonologist during this time will see the heart beat via ultra sound. But as the pregnancy advances a use a fetal doppler is used to listen to the heart beat from the outside of the tummy.