angelsounds fetal doppler cant find heartbeat at 10 weeks?? any1 got some tips?
Hi there i am 10 weeks 2 days pregnant and recieved my angelsounds fetal doppler yesterday my boyfriend had a go yesterday and was addiment he found the heartbeat im not sure but im a worry wort as it is. ive tried all yesterday and today to find the heartbeat and cant i can hear my heartbeat and wooshing sounds but not the babys…. ive tried everything using a full bladder in line with my belly button just below my pubic hair line like it says but i cant hear nothing… ive tried everywhere but i just cant pick it up its says you can use the angelsounds doppler from 10-12 weeks …. and im worried why cant i hear my baby?? im using the ultrasound jel i got with it too…… has anyone got any tips or use that before and had trouble with it??? im worried…. i know i shouldnt be but when it says u can use it from as early as 10 weeks it kinda makes you think you will be able to hear it straightaway… im not paranoid thats not why ive brought it as ive had two scans last 05-09-08 and baby was there i brought it for piece of mind as ive had a miscarriage before please could someone help??
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Don’t stress out about it! Your baby is still really small so it’s harder to pick it up, especially if it’s done by someone who doesn’t specialise in it. My doctor was unable to pick up my baby’s heartbeat at 16 weeks using a doppler (everything was fine though!) and I was told that it’s still hard even at that stage. I know it says that you can use it from 10 weeks but don’t stress out about it - baby could be lying awkwardly
but please please don’t worry because like you’ve said you’ve had two scans and seen your little one, and stressing out isn’t good for your baby 
chin up hun!
Im 37 weeks and still cant seem to hear it with that same doppler.
With home dopplers you really cant pick anything up until 15 weeks…well i couldnt anyway..Dont worry everything is probably ok but it is just too soon to hear the heart irrespective of what it says on the box so to speak! If really worried go back to the hospital and say you had a fall and a little bleeding..they will listen for the heartbeat and you will be reassured
Honestly I wouldn’t completely trust those things as they’re not quite as strong or reliable as what the doctor’s office has. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about that model on different pregnancy sites. Using that is only going to make you worried more.
I don’t think angelsounds are real dopplers. I have a similar one and it just amplifys sounds. Those are not like the ones they use at the doctors office. Don’t worry.. I’m sure your baby is fine.
Don’t worry, i had the same doppler, i know it says 10-12 weeks, but its utter rubbish. I couldnt pick up a heartbeat till 16 weeks (tried to from 12 weeks). Its supposedly very very difficult for even a trained midwife with a sonicaid to pick up the heartbeat at 10-12 weeks. Your boyfriend probably picked up the placental pulse, its stronger and beats at the rate of your own heart i.e somewhere around 60-70 bpm.
im 11 weeks and i really wanted one becuase i had a m/c at 8 weeks in june, so i was constantly panicky over everything!!!
however you can’t always hear the heartbeat however many weeks you are, especially that early!
even if it is there and you can’t hear it you’ll just make yourself paranoid and stressed out for no reason. just stick to hearing the heartbeat at the midwife appt!!
good luck and congratz! =D
i bought 3 different home dopplers and they are all WASTE OF MONEY!
I had the doppler used on me at around 10weeks and the doc couldnt hear it so he did a sonogram and we got to see the heart beat. I am now almost 15 weeks and we got to hear the heartbeat on the doppler today. It all depends everyone is diff. Im sure you are fine!!
I am 13 weeks and I rented a fetal doppler through belly beats, and it worked out great. I was able to pick up the baby’s heartbeat at 10 weeks.
Although, keep in mind the thicker you are before pregnancywill also have an impact on when you are able to pick up the heartbeat. If you were thin prior to the ppregnancy then you will be able to hear it with this doppler.