is ther a way to hear fetal heartbeat w/o using a doppler?

3 Comments

1. Irritated Lactivist says:

   December 17, 2009 at 10:57 am

   You can use a fetoscope or stethoscope, but not until at least 16 weeks, and sometimes not until closer to 20 weeks.
2. Proud mommy to Alexander says:

   December 17, 2009 at 10:57 am

   nope, you are going to need some kind of doppler. I couldn’t afford those expensive ones, so in my last trimester, I got a 20.00 monitor at walmart and it worked pretty well to hear the baby, but you have to be in your last trimester to hear the baby’s hb with one of those.
3. Babble says:

   December 17, 2009 at 10:57 am

   If you get to about 30 weeks someone else can hear the heartbeat through your tummy!!