Anyone NOT getting a doppler?

Jessiree · June 2011

I won't be getting a doppler directly because of the FDA recommendations against dopplers and elective ultrasounds.

I feel like I'm the only one not getting one, so I'm curious if anyone else isn't going to be getting a doppler and your reasons why, if different.

Link in case anyone's interested: https://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm095602.pdf

edit: for clarification

mrs_kelly1014 · June 2011

Nope, didn't have one the first time and won't get one this time. I see no point to spending money on something that I won't use very long (since I'd have to be far enough along to hear the hb, and once I'm feeling kicks I wouldn't use it).

Also, I woudln't want to fall back on the doppler as a way to know things are "okay" later in pregnancy. What I mean by that is, let's say I'm not feeling many kicks during a specific day. So, I whip out my doppler, hear the hb and assume everything is great since the heart is beating away. Well, what happens if I didn't go to the doctor and it turns out there really WAS a problem that should have alarmed me by not feeling many/any kicks - it could end very poorly.

In fact, when I was pregnant with DS, there was a situation exactly like this on the bump where someone had decided not to go in to the OB because she heard the hb on the doppler. Turned out there was a cord accident (I think?) and the baby died later that day. I think it gives false security.

califorever81 · June 2011

I'm not, for the reasons you mentioned. In my mind, it's just one more intervention I can cut out.

Meganne84 · June 2011

I am not, for all of the reasons mentioned above. While it would be nice every now and then to be able to hear the hb, I do not want to become reliant on it.

talitha712 · June 2011

I'm not getting one. I just don't want to spend the money on it. Plus, once I start feeling movement I feel like that will be a better indicator of baby's health than simply hearing the heartbeat. I also don't want to freak myself out if I can't find the heartbeat right away or something like that.

BFab11 · June 2011

I'm not getting one. Like PP said, I'd only use it for a few short weeks and I don't want to rely on it to feel ok about the baby. It would wind up being like the women who keep taking pregnancy tests between their BFP and first doctor's appt. It must be terrifying to need that constant reassurance, and I don't want to have that kind of stress.

LoveToTeach25 · June 2011

I'm probably not getting one.

I would want to use it all the time and then freak out if I couldn't find the heart beat. I'll be sure to record the heart beat at our next couple of ultrasounds, though and listen to those as much as I please!

glitzandglitter · June 2011

I was really wanting to but I have decided against it for basically the reasons PP mentioned and information I have seen that lists the same reasons posted in your article.

textbookcase · June 2011

Nope, I won't be getting one either.

bigbear · June 2011

I'm not getting one! It's just another thing to obsess about. And oh whatstress and horror if you don't find that hb.

ames243567 · June 2011

I was going to get one until I spoke with someone who had one. She said she was obsessed with checking and recommended that I not get it. Based off her feedback and how I get I have decided to pass.

BostonGayGal · June 2011

I don't see the point.

elandric · June 2011

I really have no interest in getting one and not for any reason other than I would rather spend the money on something else. I see why people do it, but its not for me.

sweetky_06 · June 2011

elandric:
I really have no interest in getting one and not for any reason other than I would rather spend the money on something else. I see why people do it, but its not for me.

This! I'll probably spend the $$ on building up my cloth diaper stash instead!