Doppler

hmontty

So I just tried a Doppler for the first time. Finally found a HB, but it was only about 90-100 bpm. Now I'm wondering if I was listening to my own HB rather than the baby's. I HOPE that's the case...

Bleh.

flamingos2010

Yeah, that had to be yours.  Try again and make sure it's low enough on your abdomen, just barely above your pubic bone - good luck finding it!

drea_raye

That is in the range for your own... the baby's will also be quieter... at ten weeks it will be hard to find... just because the baby/ your uterus is behind the pubic bone... you have to go low to the pubic bone, and maybe tilt the doppler a little down and around...

Definitely don't worry at this point if you can't find it... doctors and midwives have trouble sometimes at 10 weeks.

hmontty

Where exactly is the pubic bone. In other words, should I be down around the hair line? Or up higher?

 Yeah, what I heard was clear as day...definitely not the baby's then.

flamingos2010

hmontty:

Where exactly is the pubic bone. In other words, should I be down around the hair line? Or up higher?

 Yeah, what I heard was clear as day...definitely not the baby's then.

I'd say, just at the top of the hairline.. 4 or 5 inches below the belly button.  Basically, as low as you can go until you hit bone.

hmontty

Thanks. Yeah, I can't hear it, but I'm also not thin either (not fat, somewhere in the middle) I'm trying not to worry and will try again next week.