We bought the Hi Bebe one from amazon, and I absolutely LOVED it. I started using it pretty early, and I believe I found it the first time around 10 weeks 5 days or so.
It is very high quality, and almost identical to the medical grade ones we use at work. Highly recommend
Mine was a Sonoline B from Amazon. I really liked it. I found that plugging a set of earphones directly into the doppler helped me hear the heartbeat much earlier than listening through the built-in speaker.
We bought our Sonotrax B from Amazon. We love it, listen to Ethan all the time, I think I heard the HB around 12 weeks on it. You just have to be patient and NOT freak out if you can't find it...at that point, they are so little. When they get older you can hear them kick the probe, move around, etc... too. It's so cool. We've gotten a lot of use from ours and wanted to own instead of rent one. It was like $56 with free shipping and free gel at that time.
The other man in my life Born 11/19/10 - 7 lbs. 4 oz. - 20.9 inches I AM A PPCM (PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY) SURVIVOR!
We also bought the Sonotrax B from Amazon. Best purchase ever, IMO. It helped me stay calm in between appooitments and not worry as much. Once I started to feel movement, we used it less...but I still use it occassionally if I don't notice as much movement on some days.
We were able to find the heartbeats ever time we used it - it just takes some patience to find it sometimes. I think the first time we used it I was near 14 weeks and we were able to pick up both heartbeats.
BFP July 09 - m/c Aug 09
BFP Nov 09 - c/p Dec 09
BFP Dec 09 - A&J born in August 2010 at 37w, 6d
BFP Sept 11 - ectopic pregnancy/left tube removed
BFP April 12 - E born December 2012 at 39w, 1d
Re: Doppler Question
We bought the Hi Bebe one from amazon, and I absolutely LOVED it. I started using it pretty early, and I believe I found it the first time around 10 weeks 5 days or so.
It is very high quality, and almost identical to the medical grade ones we use at work. Highly recommend
https://www.amazon.com/Fetal-Doppler-Backlit-extra-lotion/dp/B000V8I3QY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1282230848&sr=8-1
The other man in my life
Born 11/19/10 - 7 lbs. 4 oz. - 20.9 inches
I AM A PPCM (PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY) SURVIVOR!
We also bought the Sonotrax B from Amazon. Best purchase ever, IMO. It helped me stay calm in between appooitments and not worry as much. Once I started to feel movement, we used it less...but I still use it occassionally if I don't notice as much movement on some days.
We were able to find the heartbeats ever time we used it - it just takes some patience to find it sometimes. I think the first time we used it I was near 14 weeks and we were able to pick up both heartbeats.
BFP Nov 09 - c/p Dec 09
BFP Dec 09 - A&J born in August 2010 at 37w, 6d
BFP Sept 11 - ectopic pregnancy/left tube removed
BFP April 12 - E born December 2012 at 39w, 1d