After doing some searches I found these selling online for around $50 and to me being able to hear my baby's heartbeat whenever I want is worth far more than $50. Now a lot of the baby books and sites don't recommend these simply because if for some reason you can't find the heartbeat (you know due to not being a medical professional and all) it can freak a mother out. I promised myself that if I had trouble finding the heartbeat myself I would NOT freak out (yeah right) and would simply wait
Well my doppler arrived yesterday and I could not wait to get home to try it out. Kristian actually was in charge of moving the wand around and after a couple minutes we found the heartbeat!! Even though I wasn't worried that something was wrong it was still massive relief to hear the heartbeat again.
Tonight we decided to videotape us using the doppler to send to our parents and I couldn't resist posting. It really is the greatest sound in the world and I can't listen to it enough. I'm so glad I went ahead and bought one and now will be able to ease my mind in between my monthly appointments if I ever have a momentary freakout.
*I have to say my boobs look awesome in this video but they really aren't quite as big as they look here*
*The theory is that the faster the heartbeat the more likely it is that the baby is a girl. Not sure how much I believe that but it's fun to think about*
Have any of you bought/rented a fetal doppler to use at home?
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Awww, I absolutely love this!!! YAY!!!!
So fun and your boobs do look great!
Amazing!!
I did not get a doppler for the exact reason you mentioned. I didn't want to freak out if I couldn't find it. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss!
And Jamie's heartbeat was always fast....he's never been one to follow the rules! ;)
That's so awesome!
Wow what a really great sound - and how hysterical that your husband was on video duty and got a nice long shot of your boobs!! How like a man!
How cool!
Josh banned me from buying a doppler becuase he knew if I couldn't find a heartbeat I'd freak out and make him take me to the ER or something!
Enjoy it!
That's awesome -- I had never heard of it before! And what a fun thing to think about that the faster the heartbeat the better chance it's a girl! :)
Look at your leetle belly and your boobs! Ah i love love love it!!!
I'm sad I can't see this here at work! :( I will have to check it out at home later!
I think that's so neat you're able to hear the heartbeat.. and that they have something to where you can do that! So neat! :)
Chris and I heard the heart beat and saw our little booger for the first time today! It was amazing.. makes it seem real now after seeing it.
I found your blog via another blogger and i'm so glad i did! She suggested this post and it totally hit home with a post i did yesterday. Although my dr's appt didn't go as i wanted (completely), the sound of our baby's heartbeat was so beautiful. And i want to hear it again. So i questioned renting a doppler, but purchase for $50... that's what i gotta do! Thanks for the heads up and I can't wait to do this myself!
Lovely article! I went to the website to buy mine, but didn't really like the website. I went to www.fetaldopplerbeats.com and found what I was looking for pretty much the same price!
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