Home Doppler machine

[JackJack84]

Has anyone used a home Doppler machine to listen to baby's heartbeat? I wouldn't have considered it but I've been offered one from a friend. Not sure whether it'll cause me more stress!

Please have a read of this and then make a fully informed choice. www.kickscount.org.uk/why-we-want-home-doppler-sales-to-be-regulated

@Gemmaemilyx

For all those saying it would've been my own heart beat, it wasn't. Was 160bpm with the usual 'galloping' noise.

I'm an ultrasound tech and her HR was 155-160bpm throughout when I scanned myself too 😃

Here's a pic when I scanned myself abdominally at 8 weeks. Whilst it's not as clear as a vaginal scan I could see a little HB flickering away and heard it on my ultrasound machine. I then could hear it on the Doppler a week later. I understand you can hear your own HB through Dopplers however I know it was not mine.

Xx

No way you’re an ultrasound technician. They would never be so irresponsible as to advocate women do it themselves.

Good decision! The amount of women who show me recordings of the 'FH' they've found at home and it's not been the FH. It's almost always cord blood flow they can heat. If you're not trained don't do it