fetal doppler question?
Hello i a 16 weeks pregnant tomorrow,
i bought a an Angel sounds fetal doppler and cannot find the heart beat.
lol staying positive was wondering if any one can give me some advice on finding it.
eg could it be cause the little one is active
also after a while the womb does move up,
so i don’t want to sound dumb but where about would the baby most likely to be.
OH and importantly how fast should the heart beat be so i can distinguish it from my own.
ps have read instructions and it did not say much at all.
Thanks. x
lol i am using the gel that came with it.
just thought to add before i got pregnant i was a uk size 8-10 i am already starting to show.
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Apparently you can use the angel sounds doppler from 10 weeks - i have read some reviews on this doppler and it takes a few tries until you can hear the heart beat! Don’t give up, just keep trying
It will all be worth it when your further along and panicking that little bump hasn’t kicked all morning and you can tune straight into baby FM!
PS are you using the gel with it? Probably a stupid question but just making sure
Someone bought me one also for a baby shower. And I was like 25 weeks prego…I couldnt hear my babys heartbeat either. I didnt like the doppler. Waste of money!
I think you have to be further along before a home doppler will pick up the heartbeat.
Awe, don’t worry. It is possible that you are just to early. Some people don’t hear the heartbeat until around 18 - 22 weeks.
The baby will be low, very low right now, around your pubic bone or possible underneath.
The heart beat will be around 120 - through 160.
The heart beat is quite fast at that stage(a bit thrash metal speed), so it would probably sound like noise when you first find it.
When we had our scans the midwife went theres the heart beat, and I thought really ???
Apparently its sometimes easier to find the heart beat if using the probe from the back, so you might need someone to help.
i had a monitor when i was pregnant i could hear it from about 16 weeks, but it depends the position you baby is, how much fat you have, i was size 4-6 uk size before pregnant and not showing when i could hear the heartbeat. but the instructions on thye one i had said it could take upto 20 weeks. can you feel any movements yet? try moving the monitor slowly around you adomin may take a while to hear it espeacilly at this early stage.
babys heartbeat is a lot faster than yours and will sound like its further away.
There are many factors that could be affecting your chances of hearing the heartbeat, such as position of uterus, position of baby, the size you are…many many factors. Alot of people don’t hear a heartbeat until around 18-24 weeks. I remember my GP wasn’t keen on trying to hear it until i was around 18 weeks because he didnt want to cause a panic lol.
I have one of the machines and couldnt hear anything until i was around 28 weeks so it really does depend on the individual!
good luck with your pregnancy sweetie!
Hi my midwife told me off and said to put the doppler away and forget I have it! She said the amount of phone calls they receive from worried mums- to- be as they cant find a heart beat when all is fine. It takes a little skill to find th babies heart rate at this stage so dont stress to much if you dont find it, also if you have alot of fluid then this could make it more difficult. Give it a few more weeks and you will feel movement so you will not think so much about wanting to find a heartbeat. At my 16 weeks checkup the midwife found my babies heart beat by putting the doppler to the left side, hope this helps xx
dont worry about it it happend to those ones take longer i used a total diffrent one the ones what midwides use i hered the heart beat with it you should heve you midwife appointment about now she checks the heart beat then
i have this doppler too. when i first started using it i had to put the monitor just above my pubic line, directly underneath my belly button, then slowly change the angle til i picked up the heartbeat. sometimes i would be on for ages. you will know its your babys heartbeat, as its alot faster than yours. good luck hun. x
The heartbeat should be approximately double to yours.
And I bought one of those what a waste of money - It said you couldn’t use it until you were 21 weeks. I bought it at 22 weeks and still nothing. It scared me.
My baby is now 16 months old I would put that thing on Ebay if I were you. Your midwife will let you hear the heartbeat at every visit.
xx
HI, right I know a bit about these. Firstly, the angel ones do not let you hear a heartbeat until further on in pregnancy i’m sure. We have one off the internet that we can hear babies heartbeat after 12 weeks it is great! Also at your stage (same week as me) you should find baby central at the bottom of your stomach around your groin area.
Babies heartbeat should be double fast, like double our own heartbeat and if you can hear a slower whooshing sound then that is the placenta and it must be on the front wall.
Hope i’ve helped
I have the same one and i’m 20 weeks
started hearing the heartbeat a few weeks ago. You will know when it’s the baby heartbeat and not yours