Fetoscope

[DS77]

Hi,

My wife is 18 weeks pregnant and i have been reading that it is about this time that a fetoscope can be used to listen to your baby's heartbeat.

I've seen that they are relatively cheap and they sound like they could be a reassuring way of checking the development of your baby as the pregnancy goes on.

Has anybody used one of these before at home? It sounds lovely but i'd be a little concerned if i couldn't find a hearbeat, which might be down to my obvious lack of medical technique rather than anything too sinister!

Thanks

I had a doppler. The key is not to expect the heartbeat every time and not panic if you can't hear it. I only used it between about 14 and 19 weeks as the baby then moved regularly so didn't need the reassurance.

Congratulations btw.

Before you buy one think about what sort of -person you are. i did not buy one, as I am such a worrier that I would have spent the entire day listening in. And as I discovered when my son became big enough to kick, he absolutely hated the thing, it somehow really bothered him, so i am glad he only had to put up with it at mw appt.