Can't find heartbeat with Doppler

SariGarcia

I am almost at 15 weeks (saturday) and I keep looking and cannot find the heartbeat w/ our doppler.  Any tips or suggestions from 14/15 weekers? 

~denise~

Have a full bladder

LauraOTR

Try with a full bladder.... also, the baby is still pretty low....anywhere between your pubic line and belly button. I find that I still need to push quite a bit. Also, are you using gel of any kind?

zoomanager

I have been finding the heartbeat along the hairline on the right side.

I have to work around my heartbeat/pulse but eventually get it.   Sometimes it take 5-10 minutes but now I know where it hides, it is getting faster. 

aniceucchik

I just heard mine less than a week ago. I have a very tilted ute so its really hard to get a reading. I just had to search for like ten minutes and finally got a faint beating that I could tell was waaaay back in there. I put the doppler super low, like under the tummy line almost on the top of my bits and pressed a little hard.

SariGarcia

LauraOTR:

Try with a full bladder.... also, the baby is still pretty low....anywhere between your pubic line and belly button. I find that I still need to push quite a bit. Also, are you using gel of any kind?

 I have been using an aloe vera gel (works the same as the stuff I got as a sample)  but I will try full bladder and pushing tonight!  Thank you!

rainstar752

I've had days where I couldn't find it- it could just be that the baby is moving too much.  The best time of day for me is in the morning, before I eat breakfast- I can usually find it then (also pretty low, maybe an inch above the hairline, and usually slightly to the right).  Don't worry too much- you might have to try a variety of different times to catch when baby is in a good position!