I bought a fetal doppler and I’m trying to hear his hers heart beat am I suppose to put a lot of gel on to heart it or a little bit?
(I’m 7 weeks pregnat)

I’m 18 weeks and we rented a fetal doppler heart rate monitor from Belly Beats on the internet. We were able to hear the heartbeat the first 2 nights, but for the last 2 we haven’t been able to find it. I don’t know how reliable these dopplers are, so I don’t know if I should worry or what. What do you think? Let me know your experience.

My friend is letting me hold her fetal doppler that she is not using anymore, how far along do I have to be to be able to use it and do I need to get an okay from my doctor. Also, how often can I use it? Thank you!

My boyfriend and I are looking to buy an at home fetal doppler and was curious if anyone here knew where they had them for cheap but work good. We want to be able to hear the heartbeat and share it with his parents.. He also feels it will keep my mind at ease..

I bought one from buybuy baby called a "prenatal heart listener" and it doesn’t work for as early as I am. I am 13 weeks. Is there any stores other than online where I can buy an actual Fetal heart doppler? Also any suggestions of a certain brand or kind to get?
The prenatal heart listeners dont work.. i need an actual doppler

Hi!
I’m just curious if anyone can answer my questions… :}
My first question is whether or not finding the fetal heart beat 2 inch below my belly button is a normal position to find it at 12 weeks. I’ve been listening and successfully hearing LO since 9w6d and I’ve been finding it progressively higher each time. The first time I found it 4 full inches below my belly button. Am I hearing it too high at 12 weeks I keep reading that at 12 weeks it should be lower. This is my 5th pregnancy but only one so far has been to term. The heart beat is ranges from 130-160 but is usually the lower end, recently LO has been moving around a lot when I try to listen.

My second question is about the Fundal (sp) height, if at 12 weeks it supposed to be right above the pubic bone why am I hearing LOs HB so high? Is it because this isn’t my first pregnancy?

Also when I listen to the HB I typically find one that is in the 130s then it dissapears so I rotate the Doppler wand and I’ll pick it up again only this time it’s in the 150/160 range…. any one know what that’s about? I’m not moving the wand from its position just rotating and changing the angle of the wand. One sounds most whispy ( if that makes sense) and the other sound really solid. Any thoughts? I know I’m not picking up the placenta because that, im pretty sure, sounds like the wind tunnel. I can typically find the faster one and the higher beat multipal times. Is this an echo or twins?

I’m going in for a doctor visit on Wednesday so I’ll be getting a scan as well so I can ask him everything too but in the mean time I thought I would ask you ladies what your thoughts were.

Thanks in advance!!

Hello, i just had my 12 week doc appointment and when the doppler was used my baby’s heart rate was 154 bpm. Now, at 6 weeks it was 164, and 8 weeks it was 185. Are these differences normal? The doc wasnt concerned but i think its a huge change from 8 weeks.

I was at my midwife appointment yesterday for my 34 week appointment and the fetal doppler picked up two separate heart beats - one in my lower pelvic region toward the right and the other on my lower left rib cage. She put the doppler back on my lower right pelvic region and still heard the heart beat there afterward, so it didn’t move. Could this mean twins?
Thanks for your input everyone. I did have an ultrasound at 18 weeks which officially showed one baby, but then the ultrasound had what looked to have a been a second umbilical cord in the background. Whether one was hiding behind the other, I really couldn’t say and nor could the professionals.

This is my first pregnancy. I popped out at 17 weeks, and have been measuring about 2 to 3 cm larger every visit with my midwife and they’ve only picked up one heart beat until just yesterday, when they found two - which is why I suppose they had no concerns previously (that, and the 18 week ultrasound only showing one). I know it’s unlikely they missed one but the midwife is sending me in for another ultrasound this monday to confirm everything.

Just wondering what you all thought - thank you.

I was using my fetal doppler i just rented its the same one the ob uses. i am about 16 weeks pregnant and i detected the heartbeat but it was jumping from 140-200! if i kept it in one spot it stayed at 143 so is it just the doppler? im trying not to worry but its my first baby and ive already had 2 miscarriges

This is my second pregnancy, first ended in miscarriage at 6 weeks ..
With the first I never did get to see a heart beat.
With this pregnancy I’ve seen the heart beat 3 time!
Also I have a home fetal Doppler, and I listen to my babies heart every day since 9w4d.
I’m just really paranoid. I’m wondering if my chances of miscarriage have decreased at all?

i know this place is full of pregnancy questions but im looking for opinions and experiences…

im currently breastfeeding my 6 month old son. i have not had a period return since i had him. i know this is normal. however i did feel like i started ovulating about 3 months after he was born. im pretty intune with my body and have always felt when i ovulate.
about 2 months ago i started to feel pregnant. swelling in my hands in the am when i wake up. headaches. my milk supply went down. so i took a test and nothing. so i started taking fenugreek and mothers milk to help with my supply. since then its been a fight to keep my milk up. and in the last week i have actually had to supplement a couple times because of my milk drop. and in the last week or so my pants are starting to feel tight and i have put on a few pounds. even though im not eating more…i have also had loose stools for the last week. so i have taken a couple more tests i had one with a couple with faint lines the other day and the rest negative since…with my other pregnacies they got darker. the only exception was my first. i didnt get a positive urine or blood test till after 10 weeks along.
i have 4 children so i know what pregnancy feels like…so i got out my pocket doppler (medical grade) i have done this when not pregnant and pregnant. and im picking up my heaertbeat at 80-90bpms and then whooshing sound like the placenta makes onmy right side down by my pelvic bone. it is also picking up a beat of 150-160 bpms inthis area…
so i used the doppler on hubby and the kids to see if it picked up any noises or bpms like that and it didnt….
i called the dr and they said it will eventually show up if iam. they dont seem to think i am. they said the whooshing could be a vein but said they cant explain the bpms…but why wont that noise come from anyone else?
like i said i am just looking for opinions. im sure eventually i will know for sure. either way i dont drink or do anything that could harm a baby…i just feel pregnant but obviously i cant prove it…
anyone ever go through anything like this?

Hey everyone, im just after a bit of knowledge from all you experienced mums out there.

Tomorrow I will be 23 weeks pregnant. I have been feeling what im sure are fetal movement from around 19 weeks. They felt like a little bubble had just popped under my skin. I havent had them everyday, maye every 2-3 days but wasnt worried as I thought this was normal, plus I have a doppler so im able to listen to the heartbeat.

The past few days I have started to feel it everyday, even if its only feeling 2 or 3 "thumps", and the other day I was lying on my left side when I started to feel the thumps on my right side, when it got to 3 thumps I put my hand on my side and I could feel it really strongly on my palm! It kicked a further 4 times but stopped just before my other half could feel it. I was so chuffed, its the strongest kicks Ive had yet. Since then they havent been so strong as they have been in a different place, but they happen in bouts of 3 kicks, 6 kicks etc quite a few times a day.

What I want to know is, when do these kicks generally become constant and powerful? My other half is eager to feel them from the outside, but apart from the instance a few days ago I havent been able to feel them through the skin. And is it normal to be kicking strongly one day and lightly the next?……

Thankyou.

This morning I woke up and the left side of my stomach felt really tight, so I felt it and it feels hard on the left side! Is that normal? The right side still feels normal. I am showing a little and have been for a few weeks ( this is my first baby).

So why is just the left side hard and not the right side? Is everything ok?? I have my own fetal doppler and I used it to check the heartbeat, it was a good 150. I’m just worried as to why only my left side would be hard?

Just had a quick question I have had a few problems 3miscarriages and some spotting during this one. But my baby is a little champ and is growing very well ..I bought myself a at home fetal doppler just to ease my mind and i hear that heartbeat all the time well i only do it once every other day because i don’t want to over do it .But anyway my doctors apt is on the 18th i will be 17weeks and 2days ..my last apt the nurse told me my doctor wanted to do a anatomy scan at 18week…Does this mean he will give me an ultrasound on the 18th or bring me in a few days later when i hit 18weeks?
Yeah they have ultrasound rooms in their office 2 of them I have been in both LOL i hope he does it this week rather then next week lol im dying to know so i can buy some baby things. The nurses are very sweet and everyone up there knows i worry so they give me a play by play of everything that is going to happen next including all blood work and stuff
If ultrasounds/dopplers was dangerous to our children doctors would not use them and tell us that its safe. Sorry but im going to trust my doctor and nurses more then i will a website

I’m 16, and gave birth to the most beautiful little girl you will ever see; She was perfect; but I couldn’t take her home with me; Alyssa was a still born and, having gone through a traumatic pregnancy i’m crushed. I ended up with a pelvic condition, which made it extremely painful to walk, but was determined to keep her, because she’s my baby, and I had to protect her, no matter what that meant for me; A good day or so before labour kicked in, Alyssa stopped moving, and kicking, I figured that, She’s so big she had no room to move, and she was just getting ready to be born, but, when the used the fetal doppler to find her heart beat, they couldn’t, then they did an ultrasound and various other procedure’s before they finally told me that my little girl had lost her life; I then went through 29 hours of labour without pain relief before i delivered my little angel; She was so beautiful, and so perfect, I should have been taking her home, but instead of leaving with my little girl, I left with a funeral directors contact information; truth is, although i’m mature for my age, i’m still 16, and she was still my baby, and i miss her so much, every night so far i’ve cried myself to sleep, i even attempted suicide yesterday, I need help, and I need to give my little girl the send off she deserves, but no one seems to understand, and no one wants to try to. is there anyone out there who’s bin through the same, or a similar experience? i really need some advice, where to go from here, someone to talk to i guess..

Thanks guys

Okay, well I’m in my 33rd week of pregnancy and today I had to work for about 7 hours without a break and I was on my feet the whole time, I might have sat down for 15 minutes. Anyways, towards the end of my shift I started having these really bad pains on my right side, they were more in my lower abdomen, but they were so bad I could hardly even walk. They went away when I sat down though. After I got home and lied down for a little while they basically aren’t happening, but I do feel them a little bit. I have a fetal doppler and have been checking her tones and they are good around 140-150. I also go for a doc. visit tomorrow and an u/s so I will be sure to mention these to him. In the meantime, what could this have been? Could it ahve been caused by me standing for so long?

This may sound weird but I went looking at homes today and had to go to the bathroom (pee) for quite some time. I couldn’t find any bathrooms for a while but finally went. However, after peeing I’ve had a constant sharp cramp. It’s the same cramp I felt prior to peeing, which I have noticed always happens since I’ve been pregnant. If I really have to go, it starts to hurt with a sharp pain. But the only difference now is that same pain is lingering two hours after the episode. Has this ever happened to anyone? I have since felt the baby move and heard the heartbeat on my fetal doppler so I know the baby is ok. I am just concerned that the cramp has not gone away since I went to the bathroom. I’m thinking that maybe I stretched my bladder by waiting too long to pee. Any feedback would be great to hear.

i want to buy one cos im already stressed and paranoid and ino it will put my mind at rest and stress isnt good for the baby.

Does a weak fetal heartbeat mean that the heartbeat is unusually slow for the baby’s gestational age, or does it mean it is harder to see on the ultrasound? I had an ultrasound a week ago to check the heartbeat (at 13 weeks) because the doppler couldn’t pick up the heartbeat. This is my second pregnancy and in all my previous ultrasounds, even ultrasounds performed much earlier in the pregnancy, I could instantly see the baby’s heartbeat before the technician pointed it out. In this ultrasound though, I had to look really hard to see the heartbeat. At first I didn’t see it at all and I was scared my baby had passed away, but then I saw him move. The technician measured the heart rate and it was normal, (155bpm) but the flickering on the screen just seemed really dim or something. Does that mean anything, or does the normal heart rate mean that everything was fine? I know I worry a lot, but I’m pretty good at interpreting what I see on an ultrasound screen and it made me really nervous that the heartbeat didn’t look as strong as it has in the past. Could this have had something to do with the baby’s position maybe? We were looking at the baby from a side view, and his left side was facing the ultrasound probe.

Im almost 10 weeks so i want to get a fetal doppler to listen to my babies heartbeat at home! does anyone know where i can get one? and also when can the baby hear music if i put headphones on my belly? like how many weeks? thanks!!

I should receive it today. I ordered a rental one that includes ultrasound lotion from www.heartones.com a few days ago. I’m really excited to use it which it will ease my mind to know my baby’s okay I’m now 10 weeks in case you need to know. Any tips on how to use it? I would be greatly appreicated!

I want to buy one just to hear the heartbeat myself and bond with my baby, and let the father and friend hear it also.

I keep getting mixed reviews over the internet but not sure to spend the on the Sonoline B Ultrasound Fetal Doppler.

I’m not high risk, I never MC’d & I’m pretty healthy and no complications so far, I’m 13weeks.

Know whats the babys heart and whats mine.?
I get around 80 bpm sometimes & 130 & up others, also i hear alot of swooshing noises over the heart beat. What is that?

hi

im currently 15 weeks and 2 days pregnant, i lost a baby in February but i was only just over 5 weeks gone, anyway im wondering what the chance is of loosing this baby after 15 weeks? im renting a fetal heart doppler for my own reassurance, im just so paranoid still even though im past 12 weeks.

If so how early can a fetal hearbeat be picked up? What is the best way to position it on the dog to pick up a fetal heartbeat, and what should the heart rate be? It is a digital fetal doppler.
Not my dog. She is only 25 days or so since the breeding and they are not going to do an ultrasound, just an XRay if she looks to have taken. I thought it would be fun to see if we can pick up a heartbeat.