Baby heart monitor

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Hey guys, due our 1st baby boy in April and looking into baby heart monitors, for just peace of mind more than anything. We have decided to go ahead with the Snuza hero MD which attaches to the Nappy or clothing. Read a lot of good reviews of this product. Anyone have this product ? Is this enough, or did you also get a under bed monitor too? Don’t want to go to OTT with it all, but at the same time want that comfort knowing we will get an alarm if our baby does have a sudden loss of breathe or something of that ilk

I used a snuza. It was great actually. We bought it because my little boy was diagnosed with a heart condition when he was little so it was something I used to reassure me. We also got an under mattress alarm. Looking back I think what on earth were you doing because it’s totally overthinking everything and anxious behaviour but I get it. The mattress alarm and the snuza were both useless after about 7 months when he learned to roll onto his front and slept with his knees bunched up and bum in the air. A few nights of the alarm going off and us leaping out of bed and we learned to live without it.
Unless there’s a reason perhaps consider not getting one. As I said I understand why and I can’t talk really because I got two! But genuinely it did make me more anxious.

We had an AngelCare set for DD. It gave me a lot of peace of mind in the early days. It goes under the mattress and we found it to be very reliable (don't forget to switch it off if you pick DS up in the night otherwise you'll wake the whole household). It's a motion sensor, and I know some people aren't fans of that technology as it can be affected by external factors and has to be plugged in.

I think Owlet is supposed to be good and it's certainly the more mobile option if your DS ever sleeps somewhere other than his own cot.

Taking an infant first-aid course also helped me feel like I knew what to do should the alarm go off.

Do not use a heart beat monitor unless you are medically trained to do so. Especially not for peace of mind. You don't know what you are hearing and it's really easy to confuse the baby's heart beat. If you have any concerns you must seek professional medical advice.
Babies have died because mothers believe they heard the heart beat and therefore all is fine when it wasn't.

Apologies I was confused. I thought you meant to use during pregnancy

Cheers guys. No, we not going to go OTT, but I think having that extra comfort knowing you have something to alert you if he does have a pause in breathe is something that would keep our minds at rest sleeping. I think will stick with the Snuza MD only. Don’t need a mattress monitor if we have 1 monitor already.

I know you already set your mind on it but keep in mind that you won't be able to monitor your child forever. I am hyper anxious myself and wanted one of those monitors but now I'm glad that my partner was against it. I was waking every few minutes initially and even now she's one year old I'm still going into her room to check whether she's breathing...
Not sure what I want ti say here. Yes, SIDS happens, 1/200 is the statistic I think... I think following the guidelines is the best bet for preventing SIDS and not some monitors.
Out of curiosity: what exactly does this heart rate monitor detect? When does it alarm?

Nobody is anxious here lol. We just think our minds would be at ease sleeping at night if our 1st child has a monitor that alerts us if he stops breathing. This particular item usually vibrates and tries to nudge the baby into breathing, if the baby does say have a pause of breath. If it continues, it then signals a loud alarm to alert you. Someone from our families baby died of SIDS and stopped breathing at 9 months out of nothing, so whilst incredibly rare, it does happen. There’s nothing wrong with having that extra comfort. I’d Rather a false alarm go off and see my child is fine, then no alarm go off at all and find my child has stopped breathing for 2 hours and we knew nothing about it. Each to their own and if you feel having a baby breathing monitor isn’t for you then cool. We are not anxious people, so it would probably suit someone like us.

Oh and that’s the whole point. You are talking about getting up every 30 mins to check your baby is breathing, well if you had a baby breathing monitor, you wouldn’t need to do this would you ? It has a green flashing light that keeps flashing, so you know it’s active too. Like I said, we are Not anxious as a couple, and never have been. But, due to the unfortunate baby death in our family, we are apprehensive and cautious, so want that extra comfort of knowing we have an alarm go off if our baby stops breathing

@Felinewoman

I know you already set your mind on it but keep in mind that you won't be able to monitor your child forever. I am hyper anxious myself and wanted one of those monitors but now I'm glad that my partner was against it. I was waking every few minutes initially and even now she's one year old I'm still going into her room to check whether she's breathing... Not sure what I want ti say here. Yes, SIDS happens, 1/200 is the statistic I think... I think following the guidelines is the best bet for preventing SIDS and not some monitors. Out of curiosity: what exactly does this heart rate monitor detect? When does it alarm?

Just to correct this statistic (in case people are reading and panicking!), the Lullaby Trust quotes 230 babies per year in the UK as dying from SIDS, or 1 in 3,179 births, so quite a lot lower than 1 in 200.

Enjoy your baby, OP! We personally use an Angelcare mat and monitor and it gave me huge reassurance when we first moved DD into her own room.

@FabricPigeon, cheers :) yes SIDS is incredibly rare agreed and thankfully is that way, but taking all the precautions and having that extra comfort is better for us. Glad it worked for you and was of comfort.

Oops. Glad it's less than 1 in 200... Sorry