when could you hear heartbeats on doppler?

jezebel57 · July 2013

I had some brown spotting for a few hours on Sunday, called the on call dr. and he said not to worry. I have an OB appointment tomorrow and was going to beg for him to try the doppler (my next u/s isn't until next Monday and dont' think I can wait that long!). I am worried though that if he can't get the heartbeats on the doppler yet I'll freak out. I will be 11w1d tomorrow.

Any experiences to share about when your OB found the heartbeats audibly?

24karat · July 2013

We heard our twins' HB via Doppler after an u/s at 12wks, but that was considered early. The tricky thing is that with a Doppler most times you can't be sure you're hearing two babies and not just one. Try to not freak out if that's the case or if they can't find the HB with Doppler. You're still kinda early in pregnancy to pick it up so they could be perfectly fine even if Doppler doesn't catch it. It might just be best to wait till your u/s, as hard as that can be. See what your OB says when you get there.

jezebel57 · July 2013

kjkarats03:
We heard our twins' HB via Doppler after an u/s at 12wks, but that was considered early. The tricky thing is that with a Doppler most times you can't be sure you're hearing two babies and not just one. Try to not freak out if that's the case or if they can't find the HB with Doppler. You're still kinda early in pregnancy to pick it up so they could be perfectly fine even if Doppler doesn't catch it. It might just be best to wait till your u/s, as hard as that can be. See what your OB says when you get there.

Thank you. I know it's early and am just really hoping they can be picked up. The spotting freaked me out.

JordynLeighx3 · July 2013

We had our heartbeat appt at 12w. One heartbeat was heard, we were told one baby. Since there was a case of Down syndrome on my side of the family we decided to do the NT scan at 13w. Where two babies were seen and two heartbeats were detected.

PinkinProvence · July 2013

Don't cause yourself unnecessary stress - it will be very unlikely that you could hear even 1 of the heartbeats that early, and then you will convince yourself something is wrong. We couldn't even hear mine at 13 weeks.

Brown spotting, especially the little bit you described, is totally normal! Please don't worry!

jezebel57 · July 2013

PinkinProvence:
Don't cause yourself unnecessary stress - it will be very unlikely that you could hear even 1 of the heartbeats that early, and then you will convince yourself something is wrong. We couldn't even hear mine at 13 weeks.

Brown spotting, especially the little bit you described, is totally normal! Please don't worry!

Thank you. Logically I know brown is ok, not to worry, because i've had 4 great ultrasounds things are in my favor. The crazy person in me is running rampant though! I'm trying to take a minute at a time and just remind myself that today I am 11 weeks pregnant and will see my babies again in less than a week!

PinkinProvence · July 2013

jezebel57:
PinkinProvence:

Don't cause yourself unnecessary stress - it will be very unlikely that you could hear even 1 of the heartbeats that early, and then you will convince yourself something is wrong. We couldn't even hear mine at 13 weeks.

Brown spotting, especially the little bit you described, is totally normal! Please don't worry!

Thank you. Logically I know brown is ok, not to worry, because i've had 4 great ultrasounds things are in my favor. The crazy person in me is running rampant though! I'm trying to take a minute at a time and just remind myself that today I am 11 weeks pregnant and will see my babies again in less than a week!

Oh believe me, I know that it's easier said than done. The first time I woke up with spotting, I literally almost fainted and had to go lay down. I spotted from 7 weeks until 13 weeks for at leats 4-5 each of those weeks. It would start, stop, be a little heavier, be a little lighter, be stringy, etc, etc. Nothing was ever wrong and now it has been 3 weeks with none! Doctor says that with twins there is just extra blood flow and some women have either more sensitive cervixes or extra blood vessels.

If your doctor feels like there is a problem tomorrow, he will have access to some kind of US machine. Mine brought a small one into the examining room instead of using the Doppler where she quickly scanned, saw the babies and their flicker. We didn't hear it or count but knew it was there.

Good luck!

tiffwedd · July 2013

We could only ever get one on the doppler, Baby B was always hiding so after a few tries they just ended up sending me over for a quick peek in the ultrasound to get their heart beats every appointment (our doctors office did their ultrasounds in their office).

carrotcake06 · July 2013

My OB wouldn't try at 11w, I waited until 15w to hear w the Doppler. I did have the nt scan in the interim.

jezebel57 · July 2013

Thanks everyone!! Really appreciate the stories!

Mrs.Guz · July 2013

My dr had me get an u/s that early because she said that it was too early I distinguish between the two heartbeats.

alodiekate · July 2013

I feel your pain.

I had brown spotting yesterday and I'm at 10w4d. I called my dr first thing this morning and luckily he fit me in for an US. Both heartbeats were strong and everyone looked good.

He reassured me that its not uncommon, but seeing the heartbeats is what finally put me at ease.

I'm sure your dr will show you the heartbeats. And I'm sure the spotting is nothing to worry about, just like mine.

katiebenes · July 2013

they tried and failed from 12 weeks until 15. Then from 15-18 they could only find one hb... and after 18 it was hit or miss on if they found both depending on the positions.

jezebel57 · July 2013

Thanks again ladies. Good news! I heard heartbeats on the Doppler today! I wasn't even going to ask based on everyone's responses that it was too early but he didn't Give me a choice but did warn there is not really a way to tell if its one baby or two. I heard two different beats but even just knowing at least one is still ok was extremely relieving.

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