My wife who is thai just told me her brothers wifes unborn babys heart stopped 2 weeks ago and they are gonna wait 1 week before going back to the doctor which i think is crazy is this a health risk to the mother please bare in mind this is thailand they my wifes brother and his wife seem to think the heart will restart which i think is crazy is ther a health risk here

If there is an absence of fetal heart sounds, then it is presumed the fetus has passed and the condition is termed either missed abortion or intrauterine death.

If the fetal demise occurred before 4 months. Patients may elect to do nothing and wait for a spontaneous abortion to occur within a few weeks. Alternatively, patients may elect to have a dilation and currettage.

In the event the fetal demise occurs after 4 months, patients are often offered an induction of labor to deliver the fetus within 4 weeks or elect to spontaneously go into labor.

In the case you described, waiting 1-2 weeks is not a significant health risk. However, if the fetus has not been spontaneously delivered within 4 weeks, then there is a progressively higher risk of developing a coagulopathy.