The normal range of error of a first trimester ultrasound is +/- 3 to 7 days. By 7 weeks of gestation a fetal heartbeat should be seen. If this is not present or if the gestational sac is not growing one must question both the dating of the pregnancy and/or the viability. The only thing to do is to give the situation some time and to repeat the ultrasound.

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