All women should have first trimester scan between
7-13+6 week
Early first trimester:
confirm viability,
* establish gestational age accurately,
* determine the number of fetuses
Multiple pregnancy:
assess chorionicity and amnionicity.
Late first trimester
1 – 14 week
confirm viability,
* establish gestational age accurately,
* determine the number of fetuses and chorionicity
and amnionicity in cases of multiple pregnancy
* detect major fetal abnormalities (basic fetal
anatomy)
* placental appearance and location
* amniotic fluid volume.
* aneuploidy screening, to measure the nuchal
translucency (NT) thickness.
DOUBLE DECIDUAL SIGN
INTERFACE BETWEEN THE DECIDUA CAPSULARIS AND
THE DECIDUA PARIETALIS BEFORE THEY FUSE.
*USEFUL SIGN OF A VIABLE GESTATION PRIOR TO OBSERVATION OF
GESTATIONAL SAC
* EVIDENT IN 50% OF PREGNANCIES
FERTILIZATION TAKES PLACE HOURS AFTER OVULATION IN THE
AMPULLA PORTION OF THE TUBE
IS THE TERM USED TO DEFINE A FERTILIZED OVUM (THE FIRST
DIPLOID CELL)
FERTILIZATION TAKES PLACE 24 TO 36 HOURS AFTER OVULATION IN THE
AMPULLA PORTION OF THE TUBE
*ZYGOTE IS THE TERM USED TO DEFINE A FERTILIZED OVUM (THE FIRST
DIPLOID CELL)
FIRST SONOGRAPHIC
EVIDENCE OF AN IUP
CHORIONIC OR
GESTATIONAL SAC
what’s the size of the yolk sac we start to worry about
over 6 mm
when can you see babies heartbeat?
5+ LMP weeks
TV can be seen on TV as early as
5 weeks
A NORMAL GS GROWS ___
FROM __TO ___ WEEKS
A NORMAL GS GROWS 1.1MM/DAY
FROM 5 TO 8 WEEKS
EMBRYO WILL BE SEEN AT
16 MM
YS WILL BE PRESENT WHEN A MSD IS
8mm
GS LARGER THAN — MM WITH OUT A YOLK SAC OR LARGER
THAN — MM WITHOUT AN EMBRYO
8mm, 16mm WATCH CAREFULLY FOR
IMPENDING EARLY PREGNANCY FAILURE
yolk sac TA vs EV
TA = 20MM MSD
MEAN SAC DIAMETER (MSD)
EV = 8MM MSD
UP TO WEEK 10
EMBRYONIC PERIOD
WEEK 11 -
THE EMBRYO IS NOW CALLED A “FETUS”
RL USED UNTIL ____ TO _____ WEEKS
_____________ = AGE IN WEEKS
12-13
CRL IN CM + 6 = AGE IN WEEKS
umbilical cord FORMED AT WEEKS
6
By 6 weeks EMBRYO SHOULD BE SEEN BY
TV 25mm
EV 16mm
5 weeks CRL =
2-4mm
MSD _________ = days of pregnancy
MSD (in mm) + 30 = days of pregnancy
Best CRL is between
45-84mm
8 weeks
Length = length
Head length = torso length