For the record, I am an antepartum nurse who is trained to use a doppler and distiguish between fetal heart tones vs. maternal pulse. I was listening to my baby the other night (like I do every night before bed) and I heard the baby’s heartrate drop very low for a couple of seconds. I would estimate the rate was in the 60’s-70’s. I am positive it was not my pulse. It rebounded very quickly back to baseline (140-ish) but dropped several more times over the next half hour or so. Each time it would rebound within 2-4 seconds, but would then be very irregular. This happened one week ago and I had just seen a high risk Ob and she said everything looked good. Still, it was scary. Since then the heartrate has sounded fine, with a couple of minor drops or skipped beats, but nothing compared to what it was that night. Anyone have any knowledge or experience with this? Thanks…

I am 19 weeks pregnant and my home doppler usually shows the fetal heart rate at 145-155 however on a few occasions it seems that the heart rate will suddenly drop very low and become uneven (skip beats) for about 3-5 seconds. When this happens I immediately adjust the doppler to try to get a better reading and the heart rate always returns to sounding normal in seconds. 99% of the time the heart rate is perfect however it’s these occasions of irregular beating or simply the disappearance of the heart beat for a few seconds that scares me. Also, the heart rate has been perfect during ultrasounds and doctor visits. Could these variations in what I hear be due to the baby moving a lot or maybe other beats around the uterus that I am confusing with the FHR? BTW - I had a level II u/s with a perinatologist last week and all looked well. Thanks for any help!

I havent been to the doctor yet and the health department told me I was going on 24 weeks but My partner and I can feel the baby kick and we can hear the heartbeat on a home fetal doppler. Could I be futher along than 24 weeks or is this normal?

First Ultra sound was at 8 weeks and the HB was 122. Last night she did a doppler on herself and it was 116.

i need it for my fetal doppler and i DO NOT want to buy it off of the internet…

know of any stores that FOR SURE sell it??

thank you!

i had my 3rd check-up last wednesday (feb 10, 2010). and my doctor took my baby’s heart rate with a fetal doppler. it’s 150. what could my baby be? a boy or a girl?!=)
i am currenlty 19 weeks now.

I will feel a little twitch inside my tummy, mostly if I am sitting, bent over a little. Today it was on the left side, so I decided to get out my fetal doppler to see if the baby’s heartbeat was over there, and it was! It is just the slightest of a feeling, like something tiny barely poking me from inside.
I am 16 weeks by the way..

is ok at almost 9 weeks? We bought a fetal doppler, and that’s the lowest and highest it has been for the baby.

Can u hear the fetal heartbeat from the doppler at 6 weeks? NOT BY U/S, but from the doppler thing??? I thought it was around 10-12 weeks when they could hear the heartbeat by using the doppler.

A friend of mine gave me a 5mhz Nicolet Imex doppler today. I looked it up and it says its used for vascular detection purposes…but it should be able to pick up fetal heart tones right?

I recently started feeling my baby at around 18 weeks for like the first 3 days i felt the baby a lot. but now since wednesday i rarely feel him/her. Im veryy worried. I have a fetal heart doppler and heard the heartbeat this morning but im still extremely worried ??

Normally i feel my little one a lot more. but not today ive barely felt the baby. I have a fetal doppler so i listened to the heartbeat a few hours ago. but how come I cant feel the baby as much ?

I am 13 weeks pregnant and have one of thos fetal dopplers. for some reaon i can not detect a heartbeat and keep on thinking thatthre something very wrong. Is it too early to detect the heartbeat?? and where exactly is the best position to put your fetal doppler to get he best results. thanks

Im almost 15 weeks, and I just got myself an Angelsounds doppler so I can list to my baby’s heartbeat every day and know its ok. I was just wondering for those of you who have used or are using a doppler, what is the other sounds I can hear, it sounds like a really loud interference, whats goin on in there, is it when the baby moves it makes that noice? Im curious, sometimes its so loud I jump after a couple peaceful minutes of just hearing baby’s heartbeat!

We were using the fetal doppler and listening to my babys heartbeat and we tested mine and it was way slower than my boyfriends.I won’t know if this is common during pregnancy?I was laying down also so maybe that was why.Any insight?

Background:
- I am 12 weeks pregnant, for the first time ever!
- I have had several miscarriages (10w and earlier) and am scared and looking for reassurance from an at home fetal doppler.
- I am obese. Not "thick," obese.

My Question:
Are there any big girls out there who have successfully used a fetal doppler to find the fetal heartbeat, and if so when did you try/find it?
I am talking about an actual doppler (Sonotrax/Hi Bebe/Sonoline are all brand names I’ve looked at). Specifically a 2mhz digital doppler like the ones used in the physician’s office. We have heard the heartbeat in the office, I just need the peace of mind of being able to hear at home.

I am 13 weeks pregnant and today received my doppler. Tried it out, and mine came with an LCD display which was displaying all these numbers like 200, 180, 120, 150 and they were changing every 5 seconds or so, BUT i actually could not hear anything?

I tried everything and still nothing, when i finally did hear a steady heartbeat, i think it was mine! It was only in this one spot and beating the same rate as my own heart.

I am worried now. Why cant i hear the baby? I am 13 weeks along and nothing. Im worried now.

Im 19 weeks and over the past couple days ive used my fetal doppler twice and each time i use it i can loud noises and i can feel her really moving around, and then when i stop i dont feel her moving. Do you think the doppler is causing her some kind of distress, im actually thinking to stop using it because it dont want it to affect her
If you’re not going to answer my question seriously id rather you didnt at all. THANKS

Not a doppler or fetal stethoscope? Just a reglular stethoscope? If so, how far along in your pregnancy were you, which side did you use, and how were you able to find the babys heart beart? I’m just wondering, because I think it’d be cool if I could find the baby’s heart beat so I could show friends and family from home!

Anything helps, thanks guys!

I know this may sound like a repetitive question but, I get myself really worked up sometimes. I do have a doppler and her heart beat is normal. I’ve accepted the fact that she will have her quite days but, between yesterday and today, she’s been awfully quiet. I often hear that if there isnt 10 movements for 2 hours, you should call your dr or go to labor and delivery. Well, I woke up this morning @ 6:50am and I felt about three movements from then until 9:15am. I did check her hb this morning and it was normal 140’s.
So if I go to the dr or labor and delivery about her lack of movement, will they check for something other than HB? Does a normal heart beat mean everything is ok?
Most women around this time say their baby is hyper, but she isnt really hyper.
I had oj this morning and it didnt seem to wake her up. Also, I’ve changed my eating patterns. I eat a lot of little things instead of 3 regular meals because I have no room. Do you think this could affect it?

My husband and I are thinking of renting a fetal doppler to hear the babies heartbeat in between appts, has anyone ever used one? What are your thoughts on it?

this maybe a case of paranoia since we’ve waited long enough to have this baby. My wife is close to her 12 weeks of pregnancy, we had a pre natal visit last Feb.02 (10 weeks and 4 days) and the OB tried to hear the fetal heartbeat using Doppler but unfortunate to locate it. My question is, when do exactly we can hear our little baby’s heart beat to ensure that he/she is okay?

I started feel a little bit of movements(like vibration and butterflies) at 16 weeks but it comes and go,one day I feel a bit and the other nothing at all.I checked the heartbeat everyday as I got a fetal doppler but it worries me that the baby is not developing well as I cannot feel it moving everyday.I do have a lot of cramps but not bleeding.I would appreciate any answers.Thank you

I have a BabyBeat Doppler that tells bpm. I used the doppler last night and a few nights before and found my heart rate was around 80 to 85, but i also kept finding a heart rate between 120-160 it sounded like a fetal heartbeat. I’m a little confused, the doppler stayed between 120-160 at certain times. Has anyone else had this happen.

Honest answers only…

I just rented a doppler for fetal heart beat. I am ten weeks. I find it hard to tell between the actual heart beat and the fetal blood flow. The monitor calulates a number of 170 BPM, could this be the heart beat number?