Comments on: Has your Dr or Midwife ever had trouble finding fetal heartbeat with a Doppler?

By: holly a

holly a — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:55 +0000

Yes that has happened to me! It scared the crap out of me. Babies that are under 28 weeks can be very hard to find sometimes.

By: confused

confused — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:55 +0000

yes! i was sent straight to the hospital.. only to be told that the baby was breach and that was why there was a problem listening to the heart beat….

By: it's a boy

it's a boy — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:55 +0000

By: xxsamxx

xxsamxx — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:55 +0000

yes 22wks baby was up hiding in my ribs.
a scan the next day showed it he was ledged and needed a push to help him back down.
painfull!!!!!!!

By: spyrogirlkim

spyrogirlkim — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:55 +0000

my grandson would move away from the doc everytime she put that thing to listen to him.She ordered a Sonagram just to make sure he was ok.He was fine just didn’t like that mean doctor lady.

By: searching_please

searching_please — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:55 +0000

Yeah. It was just his lack of experience. Don’t worry! (Pregnant women fall all the time - especially in the later months because the baby presses on the sciatic nerve.)

Good luck!

By: LovingLife

LovingLife — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:55 +0000

Not at 19 weeks, but it could be that the baby was not positioned properly for them to detect a heartbeat. I only had trouble once, and it was earlier on (around 13 wks), so the doctor just looked at the heartbeat through u/s.

By: Just Wanna Kno

Just Wanna Kno — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:55 +0000

only when I was like 12 weeks by 18 weeks I knew what I was having and she has a strong heart beat i’m now 33 weeks