Fetal dopplers are they worth the money?
Friday, December 18th, 2009 at
10:57 pm
Hi
Im 12 weeks and have another 8 weeks to wait until my next scan was thinking of buying a fetal doppler? Just wondered if anyone has used them and if they are good?? Be nice to be able to hear my babys doing well! Thanks xx
Yous are right im such a worrier as it is, so dont think i will bother buying one!! Thanks
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they are good but not recommended by professionals to but.
this is for 2 reasons
the first is if you cant find the heart beat you panic
the second is some times your heart beat is mistaken for the babies the more you stress about not finding it the more your heart beat rises and mimics the babies.
thirdly a doc or midwife uses a doppler to check other things not just the heart beat
would you know what to look for when checking the placenta
No…they don’t work as good as the doctors. It takes away all the excitment of the visit! That’s all you get for a while….they don’t do ultrasounds every visit
No not unless you buy the ones the drs use!
no! if the baby is in an odd position you cant hear any heartbeat! the doctors have the experience to know where to listen for it so you will just worry yourself for no reason!
Don’t get one you will worry two much. And they are not that good anyway.
I brought as heart monitor for £20 from amazon and its brill!
I had my 16 week consultant appointment yesterday (due to me have a emerg c-section with my last one) and didn’t get to hear the heart beat so i’m so glad i’ve brought this. I’m not booked in to see my midwife until november so it’s put my mind at rest!
because they are not what doctors and hospitals use, you would not hear what you hear at the doctors office. you can barely hear anything from the ones you can buy at the stores, its nothing but static!
i used 1 and i would lie in bed at night and listen to my baby move around and its heart beat
i wouldnt! if you get worried then go to the doctors and they will check it for you