I'm 17 weeks pregnant and had my first antinatal appointment on the 19th of June 2012 and when they checkd for the babies heart beat they couldn't find anything until the second time round and now I'm really worried that something is wrong I do have my 19 week ultrasound in 2 weeks time and I was going to wait till then to make sure everything is fine but I'm really stressing that all the pain I'm getting in my lower abdomen and (that is also were baby is sitting but very low down) STUFF IS baby some please hlelp me and give me what use best think I should do or at least an idea on something that can put my mind at rest p.s. they did find babies heart beat at the end but only just.

Did they use an ultrasound machine or a doppler at this appointment? A doppler is a hand-held gadget used to listen to the baby and there is no screen to see the baby like there is with an ultrasound.

At 17 weeks it can be quite difficult to find a heartbeat because the baby is so small and very active. They tend to move around a lot at that age. It is also very common to find the heartbeat down around the pubic hair line.

They used a doppler machine when they checked for babies heart beat it just really worried me because my partner and I had been arguing for 3 days straight and also after intercorse I was in really bad pain which sometimes wouldn't go away till the next day or it will go away straight away. Thank you for your reply.