Patient's question:
Today, I went to Foshan Guicheng Hospital for a gynecological examination to check if I am pregnant. First, I told the doctor that I had done a home pregnancy test and it showed that I was pregnant. Then, the doctor ordered a series of tests: electrocardiogram, blood test, ultrasound, and vaginal discharge. After the examination, the doctor only explained the ultrasound report to me: no yolk sac was seen in the small cyst, no embryo was seen. Ultrasound diagnosis: the uterus is slightly enlarged, small cystic dark area in the uterus. A small amount of fluid in the pelvis. No obvious masses were seen in both adnexa. However, for the other tests: electrocardiogram, blood test, and vaginal discharge, the doctor did not explain them to me. He just told me to come back in a few days for another check-up, as it was not visible yet. If it was still not visible...Doctor's answer:
I won't comment on the hospital examination, but it's also possible not to see a gestational sac in the early stages of pregnancy. The urine test strips available in pharmacies are generally very accurate. Since your self-test urine test showed positive, it's basically confirmed that you are pregnant. If you're not sure, you can go to a regular pharmacy and buy another early pregnancy test strip for confirmation.Advice: If the ultrasound doesn't show a gestational sac now, it doesn't mean you're not pregnant—it only means that you're too early in your pregnancy for the sac to have grown large enough to be visible to the naked eye. The hospital's ultrasound diagnosis shows a slightly enlarged uterus and a small dark area inside the uterus, which also cannot rule out the possibility of pregnancy. You can wait a few days and then go back to the hospital for another ultrasound.
Regarding other tests, such as an electrocardiogram (ECG), if you have it done, you can keep the test results. This is because if you have an ECG during pregnancy, you won't need to have it done again during delivery. You must have an ECG test result during delivery.