When can you hear the heartbeat?

august06mom · September 2010

I really can't remember from my first son. I have an appointment when I'll be 9 weeks -- should I be able to hear it then?

LegalLadyBug · September 2010

I haven't had my first u/s yet but I have seen most women on here say you can hear it as early as 6 weeks, although that is not always true. At 9 weeks you should be able to hear it.

SweetieD21 · September 2010

I had an ultrasound last week and was able to see the flicker. My dr won't try to find it with a doppler until 12 wks. But, a lot of women are able to find it with a home doppler at 10+ weeks, some even as early at 8-9 weeks.

Geetika12 · September 2010

umm..not sure!! Good question

LegalLadyBug · September 2010

SweetieD21:
I had an ultrasound last week and was able to see the flicker. My dr won't try to find it with a doppler until 12 wks. But, a lot of women are able to find it with a home doppler at 10+ weeks, some even as early at 8-9 weeks.

Sorry! This is what I meant. You can see it on the ultrasound and they can usually (from what I hear) make it audible, but it's just the machine creating the sound based on the beats that are visible. Doppler takes longer.

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