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Dopplers....WOW!

36 replies

Mamatoto · 06/07/2005 12:27

Anyone out there got one?
I am soo pleased and delighted at 9 weeks a lovely heartbeat to allay my worries and stop some of those mad dash to the loo to check- moments. So wish I had dont this with other pregnancies... any one in agreement!

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TicTac · 20/08/2005 17:58

Thanks Teuch I will give it a go...Found your terminology very amusing...THANKS!!!

teuch · 19/08/2005 15:00

Hi Tictac...

Firstly, start about halfway between belly button and pubic bone. Plenty of gel on the doppler, and point as if you were trying to shine a torch out your bum!

Then...move the angle of the doppler (not moving the position at all at first) as if you are shining said torch around your insides REALLY SLOWLY!!! Listen for the placenta whoosh and concentrate around that area.

If no joy, then move to a different position (I usually go about 3-4 fingers width to the left or right) and repeat, starting with the angle towards your bum.

Good Luck!!

TicTac · 18/08/2005 09:06

Hi, is anyone still on this thread? I am 15 weeks and just hired a doppler and I can't find a heartbeat for love nor money! I am not a slim girlie by any means but I thought I should still be able to find a heartbeat by now?? Any help you can give?

Mamatoto · 09/07/2005 12:41

Teuch i dont know if this is good advice but my dh ( he is a vet) said empty your bladder when i could not find h/b he said it could be in the way and dopller only has shallow penetration. Dopplermike said its easier to find h/b earlier on a thinner woman for the same reason. Keep trying but dont get stressed!

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teuch · 09/07/2005 10:58

right, got the doppler but struggling to identify the right sounds...

I get the loud wooshing (comes and goes in waves?) then a clear heartbeat but I think it might be my own!!! AAArgh!

I'm so impatient...help! I am right on the pubis, loads of gel, full bladder...

teuch · 08/07/2005 13:29

Fabby!!

Nemo1977 · 08/07/2005 13:22

i used a friends at 11 wks and bought my own at about 13

teuch · 08/07/2005 13:17

how early did you get the heartbeat Nemo?

Nemo1977 · 08/07/2005 12:56

teuch im overweight and havent had any probs with my doppler

teuch · 08/07/2005 12:48

does being overweight make any difference?

Mamatoto · 06/07/2005 20:19

Here it is fast heartbeat means girls????????

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Mamatoto · 06/07/2005 20:16

read something about a study where boys and girls proved to be same - will try to find it although not too skilled with links

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AngelCakeUmm · 06/07/2005 20:00

well mine is between 160 and 169 so mine is fast maybe its a girl?? i have also heard that rumour

Nemo1977 · 06/07/2005 19:57

baby is between 145 and 155

ds always used to be between 138 and 145

heard a rumour that if its faster then more likely to be a girl..however also heard if like a train then its a boy and if like a horse then its a girl and this one sounds like a train....

Cadmum · 06/07/2005 19:32

I will be looking on ebay then! What a great suggestion. Thanks...

Mamatoto · 06/07/2005 18:01

what are your babies bpm then girls??

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ChaCha · 06/07/2005 17:20

Doppler is definitely a welcome innovation!

I hired one through www.baby-beats.co.uk and if you want to hire it for x amount of months it automatically becomes yours to keep.
I have used it a few times since it arrived and it is an absolute peace of mind!
The first few times we used the doppler we found the heartbeat in the same place, but last night we had to look everywhere and it seemed like he/she was moving a lot at the time
Would definitely recommend a doppler to any PG woman!

Nemo1977 · 06/07/2005 17:05

as horseshoes says if u are early on then i would recommend being right on the pubic bone to find heartbeat. Also sometimes a good indicator is u can hear a whooshing like a gale in ur tum and thats the placenta so you should find heartbeat around there most of the time.

AngelCakeUmm · 06/07/2005 17:04

I also brought a doppler from "dopplermike" of ebay and it is fab, really puts my ind at ease as i also had a mc.
I thought i had found the heart beat as it was 146 beats, but when i went to c the midwife she told e i had been listening to my own lol. I have now found the babys haertbeat and it is just above the pubic bone so very low down the beat is 166 beats and you can really tell the difference as it is a lot faster than your own. The idwide told me not to worry if you can't find it, its just at this stage (11 weeks) the baby hides behind the pubic bone.

I really recommend them and i also recommend buying ot off ebay as somone else has said you can re-sell it when you have finished with it and ake your money back.

horseshoe · 06/07/2005 16:30

Mamatoto, are you checking Low down enough??

The reason I'm saying is cause when I first searched...I was too high up and thought every now and then I could hear it (like a couple of beats here and there) However turned out heartbeat much lower down in pubic region and I found a constant heartbeat at under 9 weeks there.

Sorry if i am jumping the gun...

Mamatoto · 06/07/2005 16:24

Girls I got mine from ebay 'dopplermike' he was recommended to me by nemo777 another mumsnetter. The delivery was next day and customer service excellent. I have been on mine half the day - a bit hit and miss but I am only nine weeks ( me and dh both cant help smiling when we hear it!)

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horseshoe · 06/07/2005 15:36

Sorry nowhere near you but if you go on www.mybump.co.uk you can listen to examples of what you should be able to hear at 10 weeks.

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teuch · 06/07/2005 15:19

I would really like to try one before buying...

I have a docs appt tomorrow, i might see if they will 'dopple' me...

Anyone in the Edinburgh/West Lothian area want to do a demonstration?

horseshoe · 06/07/2005 14:54

Just a bit of advice....

The heartbeat is much much much lower down that I ever expected it to be.....I'm talking pubic bone...inch and a half above your noonie low down.....

horseshoe · 06/07/2005 14:52

Yes Teuch...I could hear from under 9 weeks.

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