At _____ weeks, the fetal heartbeat can be heard through a stethoscope.

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At 16 weeks, the fetal heartbeat can usually be heard through a stethoscope. At 4 weeks, the fetal heart has just started to develop and is not yet detectable with a stethoscope. At 12 weeks, a fetal heartbeat can usually be detected with a handheld doppler device, but not necessarily with a stethoscope. By 25 and 30 weeks, the fetal heartbeat is easily heard and monitored during prenatal checkups, but this is beyond the timeframe given in the question.

At _____ Weeks, the Fetal Heartbeat Can Be Heard Through