Anyone else have a home doppler!?

Curran1010 · July 2016

This is my third pregnancy and found my babies heartbeat today at 8 weeks 4 days! I had three miscarriages before my first baby so this has really helped put my mind at ease throughout my pregnancies! No better sound in the world!!

peachesnbean · July 2016

I don't have one, but I borrowed one from a friend my last pregnancy due to unexplained beating. It saved my sanity! Unless I have another weird bleed, though, I won't be investing in one.

blush64 · July 2016

I thought about it in a previous pregnancy but decided it wouldn't help me. If i didn't find it I would worry even though it was probably fine and if I did find it I would still worry.

fourPsinapod · July 2016

I have one. I found the HB at 10 weeks with my DD. I couldn't find anything yet with this pregnancy but not freaking out yet because I have a tilted uterus. It did make me feel better with my DD when I was anxious.

momousekee · July 2016

I'd be using the crap out of it if I had one, so I don't!

I had two ultrasounds on Friday (different offices). One found a HB of 148, which is completely normal for 7+5 weeks. A few hours later the second office found a HB of 116, which is really low. The odds of me finding a HB with a doppler at 8 weeks is about zero, but it wouldn't keep me from trying or being extra-anxious when I couldn't find it.

bdesterhouse · July 2016

I have one from my last pregnancy. It was fun to use and let my son hear his sister heart beat, which he loved. I haven't decided if I will use it this time right away. It's nice having it so I know if I'm feeling worried before movements really start I can pull that out and be reassured.

sunshine2417 · July 2016

I have one and have been trying for the last week or so, but I haven't been able to find baby's HB yet. The doctor found it on our ultrasound and it was 143 wpm so we know it's there and strong. I keep hearing the placenta and my HB, but clearly suck at finding baby's. They say sometimes you can't hear until 10-14 weeks so I'm trying to not get worked up about it. But if I couuuuuld find it, I know it would majorly put my mind at ease!!

MalyJ · July 2016

I have one, but with DS1 and DS2 didn't let myself use it until 15ish weeks, otherwise I'd freak myself out when I couldn't find it due to just my inability. Plus, I let a friend borrow it when she was pregnant and can't really ask for it back until LO is public knowledge.

FishyMom · July 2016

I have one but won't break it out until 10+ weeks or so.

scottipino · July 2016

I have one that I have used with every pregnancy starting around 9 weeks. Totally depends on body habitus and placenta location how early you can find the heartbeat. I just started to try and was successful yesterday at 9w3d.

joyful08 · July 2016

I have one from my last pregnancy. I never found the heartbeat now knowing that the baby had passed. I used it several times already with this pregnancy. I first found it at 7 weeks 5 days which is super early. I only heard it for about 30 seconds and it took a long time to find. It's easier to find now at 9 weeks 6 days but there are still days I have a hard time finding and have to put it away and come back later. It makes me feel better having it but I do limit myself to how often I can use it.

ebovenzi012 · July 2016

Oh that is so awesome! I have one also. I got it late with my first pregnancy. I have no been able to locate the heartbeat with this baby yet. I'm 8 weeks 3 days.. I hope I can find it soon! I'm getting nervous!

Starfish113 · July 2016

I just ordered one the other day!

cinderin · July 2016

what kind do you guys have?

fourPsinapod · July 2016

cinderin said:

what kind do you guys have?

Angelsounds. It's nothing fancy but it gets the job done. I would have probably gotten one with a digital read out of the HB if I got a new one.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AJJUHM2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ao5HxbGJ7A7AH

FreshBakedBrownies · July 2016

cinderin said:

what kind do you guys have?

I've got a Sonoline b. It was inexpensive and works great.

astrickland04 · July 2016

I have one and use it everyday! I found the heartbeat the day I got it which was around 8 weeks and 4 days. I am a huge worrier, so having this has helped me relax.

Sarah1253 · July 2016

I have the Angelsounds as well and I have already picked up our babies heartbeat. I used it until I could feel movements with my DS the first time around.

Starfish113 · July 2016

I have the sonoline b as well!

MonaLisaRalphio · July 2016

ebovenzi012 said:

Oh that is so awesome! I have one also. I got it late with my first pregnancy. I have no been able to locate the heartbeat with this baby yet. I'm 8 weeks 3 days.. I hope I can find it soon! I'm getting nervous!

My OB said not even to bother with a home doppler until after we hear the HB at my 12-week appointment. She said that even after that, you can miss it at any time if the baby is in a weird position. Her exact words were, "home dopplers are really comforting until they're not." So don't get nervous!!

Starfish113 · July 2016

So far I can only hear the placenta. But it's still early to find it!

Munchie2.0 · July 2016

I have one, but it's currently being used by my cousin.
Luckily her baby is due in a few weeks, so I will be getting it back soon.

snarky14jd · July 2016

I found the hb at 8 weeks and a few days but had a hard time at 9 weeks and panicked.
I found it again but promised I would put it down and not obsesse over it. So far so good.

WinchesterGirl · July 2016

I just got mine yesterday. After much YouTube watching, I'm pretty sure I found the placenta, but I haven't found the HB yet. I'm going to give it a few days and try again.

Starfish113 · July 2016

WinchesterGirl said:

I just got mine yesterday. After much YouTube watching, I'm pretty sure I found the placenta, but I haven't found the HB yet. I'm going to give it a few days and try again.

Yep that's me too!! But I'm also constipated so I know that my intestines are in the way

so it may be a while lol

sunshine2417 · July 2016

I FOUND IT!!!! Whew! I've had my doppler since 7 weeks (yes, I know, that is very early and very unlikely to find it then, but after our CP last month I just kept getting nervous we would lose this one too and wanted the reassurance of a doppler...) And FINALLY yesterday, at 11 weeks and 4 days, I tried again on a whim and found it! We've gone through nearly an entire tube of the belly jelly stuff so it's time to buy some aloe vera now for future baby listening :-) Once I found it, I marked my stomach with a pen so I could try to visualize better where it is and know where to start the search next time.

bdesterhouse · July 2016

I found cheap gel on Amazon if you'd rather have the gel.

WinchesterGirl · July 2016

I found the HB! It's still too faint for the doppler to show the count, and I can only hold it for about 30 seconds at a time before something moves and I lose it, but I've now successfully found it twice in the last week!

kirstynikole · July 2016

Dug mine out of the storage bin today and surprised to find HB on the first try! Whoooo hooo. I'm supposedly 9week 2 days, but may be a week behind- either way happy to find that quick little HB.

newbelchermommy · July 2016

Got mine thur...used it fri am found it...pm fri found it! But today am didnt...im 9.5 weeks almost 10 ..amazing feeling!❤

Starfish113 · July 2016

Found the HB this morning at 9 weeks!!! ❤️

Gingersnap · July 2016

Starfish113 said:

Found the HB this morning at 9 weeks!!! ❤️

Really? Now I want to!

Starfish113 · July 2016

Gingersnap said:

Starfish113 said:

Found the HB this morning at 9 weeks!!! ❤️

Really? Now I want to!

Yes try it! Do you have one?

Gingersnap · July 2016

Starfish113 said:

Gingersnap said:

Starfish113 said:

Found the HB this morning at 9 weeks!!! ❤️

Really? Now I want to!

Yes try it! Do you have one?

It's somewhere packed away. In my hot as hades garage...

Starfish113 · July 2016

Gingersnap said:

Starfish113 said:

Gingersnap said:

Starfish113 said:

Found the HB this morning at 9 weeks!!! ❤️

Really? Now I want to!

Yes try it! Do you have one?

It's somewhere packed away. In my hot as hades garage...

It's worth the inferno!

rmpiszczek · July 2016

I got my Doppler in the mail on Thursday. Tried a couple times and found it! I was not expecting to find it the first day. I was 9 &1. I haven't tried to find it since because I'm trying to limit myself, but I recorded it on a video on my phone, so I can listen anytime.

my last baby's heart stopped beating around 10.5 weeks. So next week I'll probably listen every day, just to be sure. But I feel sooo much relief already! Now I feel like I can tell people.

leprechaunlady · July 2016

We were able to find the heartbeat just before 9 weeks. When the doppler arrived i thought i would be constantly playing with it but ive tried to restrict myself to once or twice a week but its really reassuring to hear it each time.
The midwife at my appointment on wed past seemed surprised we found it so early though.

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