Comments on: question about fetal heartbeat?

By: mummy me

mummy me — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:47:56 +0000

at 10 weeks you are very very early to eve hear the heartbeat the nurses and such are not meant to do this until you are at least 16weeks + as you can be false readings on this 172bpm is very high even for an unborn baby, i think maybe you should talk to a doctor about this, if you have real reason to be worried like a past miscarriage or have had bleeding then you really should be getting a scan, i had bleeding at 7 weeks. 11 weeks 12weeks etc throughout my pregnancy and was offered a scan every time, they do not offer a fetal droppler where i live until you are almost 20weeks gone, since i had suffered 3miscarriages when i became pregnant with my son i bought my own fetal Monitor when i was 10-11weeks i spent hours trying to find the heart and when i could not and had bleeding i thought i was having another miscarriage and was told by a specialist not to use the fetal monitor as there was no way of knowing what i was hearing was a fetal heart-rate, i have an irregular heart rate so that makes things worse when using this type of Equipment. i really think unless it is a scan at this point everything is very unreliable.

good luck

By: The Baby Encyclopedia

The Baby Encyclopedia — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:47:56 +0000

I would trust the nurse, they do it for a living. She is right, your heartbeat would not be anywhere near that high. I would say that you have a very healthy baby anyway, if you could hear the heartbeat at all that early on. Mine could not be heard at all with a Doppler until 13 weeks!!

By: Manson

Manson — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:47:56 +0000

Hi,
Im 13 weeks and i went to hear my babys heartbeat on a doppler the other day at the doc’s and we found nothing…so please dont worry. Your so lucky to have heard it at all so early.
ALl the best

By: hayesbrat

hayesbrat — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:47:56 +0000

no dont worry, as long as you heard it once it wont change over night. the thing with dopplers is at times its hard to detect the babies heart and things especially that early and it freaks people out. i wouldnt worry since you have heard it. especially at 172, thats way too high and if it was yours you definatly would either be dead or in the hospital with severe heart issues.

By: zoe

zoe — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:47:56 +0000

i have a doppler at home and it happens too,it showes me the number but i can hear nothing!
Call her and ask her if she can try it again on monday,so u can sleep with quiete