Home Doppler

Hi girls! Anyone know when you can start using a home doppler to find the hb? I'm on the fence about buying one- I feel like it's good peace of mind but at the same time if I can't find the hb I'll lose my mind.

Thank you as always

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my dr advises against it because you could easily mistake the heartbeat of the placenta (or uterus? I forget which one) for the baby's heartbeat.

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i rented one with my last pregnancy. i started using it around 13-14 weeks

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I used one both pregnancies first trimester and beginning of second before I felt movement for reassurance. Drs advise against it bc if you can't find the HB you panic. I always did and quickly. I felt it provided more reassurance than stress. I would start around 10 weeks.

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I started using it around 18 weeks I think - there were some days it took me a little longer to find the HB but almost always found it instantly. I thought it was great for peace of mind.

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I started using it at 9 weeks.

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This is really helpful, thank you all. I am 10 weeks today so if I order it I should be able to use it when it arrives.

Any recs on a particular brand that is best?

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I think the brand I had was Angel Sounds and it was like $20 and worked great. My dr had no problem with it - he said that once you start feeling movement not to use it as a diagnostic tool, and he also said he sometimes have problems finding the heartbeat so don't stress if I don't find it. There were times it took a while to find but after a few days I became a pro at telling it apart from other sounds, and if I had a hard time finding it I waited until I had a full bladder and always found it easily.

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I had one and it was very reassuring for my first pregnancy..I would freak myself out all the time and once I heard her heartbeat I was ok.

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I rented a hospital-grade one for my first pregnancy and was able to hear the hb at 10.5 weeks.

This time, I bought a Sonoline B and had trouble hearing the hb at 14 weeks. Turned out I had an anterior placenta (placenta is in front of the baby, not behind, so it muffles the sound). By 16 weeks I could hear it pretty easily.

It was great peace of mind for me before I could feel the baby move (which also happened late b/c of the placenta), especially because I've had several miscarriages.

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I used it from like 14 w with DDs but stopped after I felt them move. I couldn't always find hb though.

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I waited till13 w with Hailey. I watched the nurse find it in the dr office then i found it with our a problem.

Mine got destroyed during Sandy but i was already 26 so i didn't really need it

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I got one and I love it. I started trying to hear the hb at 7 weeks but couldn't find it until 8W 3D. Ever since then I can find it very easily. I watched youtube videos of how to find it and at first all I heard was my own heart beat but when I found the baby's I knew it bc it is so fast. Baby sits pretty low so I put the wand right near my pubic bone in the center and just move a tiny bit right or tiny bit left.