Found baby's heartbeat@10 weeks, so why isnt my digital doppler telling me the beats per minute? vid included.?
im a little annoyed cos i bought the angel sounds fetal heart doppler with heart beat moniter (i.e the monter tells you beats per minute), i found the baby’s heartbeat and it was quite clear, but the moniter did not pick it up and tell me the beats per minute? why is this? you would think it would be able to as that is the sole purpose of the machine? also it keeps picking mine up and tells me one minute my heart rate is 60, the next 130 (and thats not on the baby thats on my heart) i love the doppler for finding the heartbeat, its just annoying me that its not telling me the babys beats per minute…is there a manual way to work it out? cos ive tried and the babys heart beat is so fast it is so difficult to do….
i have included a video if anyone wants to see of they can work out the beats per minute for me??
lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpL-4s4DNXY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpL-4s4DNXY
i tried it but its so difficult cos the heartbeat is so fast, also do you count the two beats together as one?
thank you xx did u check out the vid…does it sound like urs? x
Of course your not sad!! lol, just wanted to say thanks for the answer and good luck with the rest of your pregnancy !! x
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Just get a clock with a second hand & count the beats in 15 seconds. Times that by 4 & there you go…
EDIT: Yeah I count like "Boo-boom … 1 boo-boom 2" lol If that makes any sense. My sons is usually around 160 when I count it & around the same at the doctors & hospital. That works out to about 40 beats in 15 seconds.
lol Is it sad that I am continually checking this question? No I didn’t watch the video because my boyfriend is sleeping next to me so I have my laptop muted. The heartbeats probably sound very different though as I’m 33 weeks & you’re 10. It gets a lot stronger… My son’s sounded like it was underwater or something @ that time.