Has anyone heard about the app-doppler????

[mamamarina]

I thought it was rubbish at first..but it actually works..I think i also heard about it on the tele..u have to be at least 25 weeks pregnant..but this woman talked about how she used it just like a montior..i was over the moon when i heard his beat..it's called my babys beat..

I am 30 weeks have just downloaded the app and it works . took a while to find the heart beat and it is quite faint but it does encourage u to find ur own first so u know what ur listening out for only faster. I found baby's heart beat at very bottom of my stomach and to the right. U also have to have some headphones without a mic attached to use the app and put ur phone in airplane mode.

Tell me more - is it an iPhone app? I thought putting mobiles right next to bump was dangerous? Still intrigued to know more...

Yeah it's on iphone, think that's why u put ur phone in aeroplane mode to stop radiation or whatever other signals ur iphone gives off. good app but found that by reaching down to record function the phone or baby moved so couldn't record babies heartbeat very well and had to use it in amplify mode to hear anything, otherwise can't complain at the price only £2.99 far cheaper than a Doppler.

Thanks Shaz am going to try it now (excited!)

I've read on other forums though that it's a big fat scam but people get paid to promote it by saying how they bought it and it's great so these sorts of threads always make me suspicious.

I have an iPhone and the mic on it is nowhere near powerful enough to act as a Doppler IMO.

cool will try this out :) Am only 18 weeks though so will have to wait a while x

Reality, you'd be amazed at posts on forums elsewhere which read almost word-for-word identical to the opening post here, even down to the same spelling and grammar.

It all screams "scam" to me.

do iphones have built-in secret ultrasound bits in then?

bollocks OP.

And how the hell is it supposed to work? Dangerous idea I think.

Oh fuck [embarassed] to be so gullible! Just got DH to buy it and he's really pissed off. Oops.

ah dont worry tigerbear there are lots of things out there that claim to work, i find them all rather entertaining !

Hmm, not sure what to make of it. Just tried it and sounds can be heart, albeit faintly.

Try it on your dh's belly and see if you can still hear the sounds....

It is very faint but u can hear something and it can't be in built sounds otherwise it would make the sound straight away. I was sceptical but thought it was worth a go for £2.99 wasn't expecting it to work. Definitely only a bit of fun would not use it as a medical aid.

I bought stethoscope pro which is 59p.

Okay so if you know ANYTHING about BASIC science you would know that all a stethoscope does is amplify the sounds. I would be more impressed by an app that 'tricked' people. Of course the phone microphone is not as sensitive as a Doppler but it does work.

Here's an article on the uses of the 'stethoscope pro' app from the Guardian ( please note the guardian not the sun)

www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/aug/30/iphone-replace-stethoscope

You can hear your heart beating then a distinct difference in a 'whoosing' sound of your babies heartbeat.

You can use a cardboard tube from a loo roll to hear baby's heartbeat. Only problem is that unless you're really supple its only going to be your partner who gets to hear it. And it takes a lot of patience to do it as you have to be in exactly the right spot, more so than with a doppler.

Sorry, but babbies' heartbeats don't wossh. If you hear wooshing its the placenta.

Check out this video on YouTube:

How would you describe the babies heartbeat then vivalebeaver?

I heard heartbeat and whoosing with the stethoscope the same as when I was at my mw appointment.

I was just trying to explain the distinction between babies faster and varying heartbeat to your own so people would identify the difference if they had trouble locating with their already purchased apps

Tips on using Fetal Doppler Monitors

A full bladder often helps.

Early in pregnancy it is good to start in the middle of the abdomen (in line with the belly button) but right above the pubic hair line. If you have already heard the heartbeat at the doctor's office, this is always a good place to start looking.

Move the probe slowly - it is easy to scan over the heartbeat.

Tilt the probe downward toward the pubic bone.

It is normal at times to pick up the baby's heartbeat in more than one place.

You may hear the same heartbeat a few inches apart - do not be alarmed, the Doppler is just intersecting the heart in a different location. Physicians listen for the difference in two heartbeats to determine if there are two fetuses.

If you are carrying twins, it can be difficult to distinguish between heartbeats (even physicians have a hard time with this). It is best to count the heartbeats and find two different rates.

If you can?t hear anything, then don?t panic. Often, especially early on, it can take a while to detect the heartbeat. If unsuccessful, try going for a walk or doing some other activity to encourage the baby to change position.

The baby?s heartbeat will be a lot faster than your own, nearly twice as fast, so it is easy to get confused to begin with as to which is your heartbeat and which is the fetal heartbeat.

It is a good idea to take your pulse-rate when you come across a heartbeat to give you some idea as the whether it is yours or the fetal heartbeat.

You will hear lots of other sounds with your Doppler. These include the placenta, which can be heard as a whooshing sound and the crashing