Not sure if anyone has suggested this, but try using really good headphones. Made all the difference for me. I started trying at 11 weeks and had no luck for days until my husband suggested using his headphones. Found it right away. I have a Sonoline b and the speaker just wasn't strong enough for me to hear the heartbeat. Now at 14 weeks, I can hear it without the headphones but it's faint. I would have made myself insane for weeks without the headphones!
@JulieAMC, I did use headphones yesterday & I was able to hear it behind mine on the right hand side! Headphones make it so much easier to concentrate on the right sounds!!
Happily Married to Tim {10-11-2003} Isabella {09-02-05} & Savannah {03-02-07} & Bradley {02-06-10}
I used a fetal Doppler we have at work (labor and delivery nurse) and was able to get it at 11 weeks. I tried at 10 weeks but just couldn't get it for whatever reason. Don't give up hope if you can't find it and don't be worried if you can't because it is tricky sometimes and even those that use these Doppler's all the time have a hard time. But you definitely need to be putting it right on your pubic line and pointing it downward with lots of pressure! Good luck
Found hb at 8 weeks for me. I was really nervous first hour I used it. I felt like I searched everywhere for heartbeat and was assuming the worst. The trick for me is you have to start right about your pubic bone. Start on the left side, push down firmly on doppler, and move very very slowly in a circle . put the doppler right next to your ear so you can hear everything that May be soft or distant. Once you complete that area, move about a half inch over . keep doing this all the way across until you feel you've searched the entire area, and if it doesn't work do it again!! Also try to do it when you aren't hungry. And you have to be patient. Good luck
Re: No dice with Doppler yet
Isabella {09-02-05} & Savannah {03-02-07} & Bradley {02-06-10}
Isabella {09-02-05} & Savannah {03-02-07} & Bradley {02-06-10}
Isabella {09-02-05} & Savannah {03-02-07} & Bradley {02-06-10}