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Anyone find the HB with doppler then not find it?

Okay so I found this LO's heartbeat at 9w3d with my home doppler. I know it was the heartbeat and I have a recording of it. I also found it on 9w4d and 9w5d... I stopped using the doppler after that, just because...well I was getting obsessed with wanting to hear the LO.

So fast forward to 10w. Last night I tried to find it, no such luck. Same with this morning.

FWIW, It usually takes me 5 minutes to find it, but LO quickly hides from the doppler after about 10 seconds. Little stinker. I hate being a nurse and always knowing the worst. Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen.

I have a dr appt on Monday. 

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Re: Anyone find the HB with doppler then not find it?

  • Yup! I heard the HB twice on Monday. It was 170! I tried again yesterday, and nothing. It's still early though so I'm not concerned. 
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    Yup! I heard the HB twice on Monday. It was 170! I tried again yesterday, and nothing. It's still early though so I'm not concerned. 

    Awesome. That's kinda what I was thinking, but then my brain gets to working and I start to become "one of those women" lol.

    I figured I would not use the doppler until after the dr. appt. Just for peace of mind. 

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    imagedswed0407:
    Yup! I heard the HB twice on Monday. It was 170! I tried again yesterday, and nothing. It's still early though so I'm not concerned. 

    Awesome. That's kinda what I was thinking, but then my brain gets to working and I start to become "one of those women" lol.

    I figured I would not use the doppler until after the dr. appt. Just for peace of mind. 

    That's kind of where I am, or at least until 12 weeks. It's just so hard and tempting to use when it is just sitting there! I knew once I bought it I'd become obsessed! 

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    That's kind of where I am, or at least until 12 weeks. It's just so hard and tempting to use when it is just sitting there! I knew once I bought it I'd become obsessed! 

    Yep. Just looks me straight in the face and says "what's the harm...try me again and again and again"....

    And least I recorded it on my phone so I have SOMETHING to hear. I don't know if I can wait 3 more weeks. LOL, the doppler is my drug... I'm addicted. 

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  • Oh gosh, yes.  We've had a lot of trouble with this one.  With Gabe, there was literally only one time I couldn't find it when we'd been finding it for about two weeks, and I was so worried.

    But you are still very early to find it at all - my doc's office couldn't find my baby's on Monday at 11 weeks.  I wouldn't worry too much about it, but of course you are concerned.

    I've been putting the doppler away for a few days at a time, thinking it will get easier as we move along.  When I do listen, I can usually hear other reassuring sounds even if I can't always get a clear h/b - the placenta whistling, sounds of movement, etc.  I think I'm having a harder time because of where my uterus is right now in relation to some big arteries - baby is getting lost behind my own loud h/b.

    GL, hon.


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  • I haven't found it yet on my own with this pregnancy but I used to freak myself out all the time trying to find it with my first pregnancy!  I use the dopplers at work and I found DS's at around 10 weeks, then at 11 weeks I tried again and couldn't find it (freaked out), heard it at the doctors at 12 weeks, tried again at work at 13 weeks and couldn't find it again (freaked out again haha)... after I got into the second tri it got easier and easier to find tho.  Try not to worry too much :o)
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    Oh gosh, yes.  We've had a lot of trouble with this one.  With Gabe, there was literally only one time I couldn't find it when we'd been finding it for about two weeks, and I was so worried.

    But you are still very early to find it at all - my doc's office couldn't find my baby's on Monday at 11 weeks.  I wouldn't worry too much about it, but of course you are concerned.

    I've been putting the doppler away for a few days at a time, thinking it will get easier as we move along.  When I do listen, I can usually hear other reassuring sounds even if I can't always get a clear h/b - the placenta whistling, sounds of movement, etc.  I think I'm having a harder time because of where my uterus is right now in relation to some big arteries - baby is getting lost behind my own loud h/b.

    GL, hon.

    Thank you! Maybe its a Gabe thing. My DS is a Gabriel too, and I could ALWAYS find his. I finally found this one today. I am too obsessive-compulsive. And I did find that as soon as I found it, it's HB was drowned out by my own, plus the placenta noises and a few kicks.

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