Dumb question thread

[madamewaffles]

Dec 9, 2015 14:14:33 GMT -5 ginabini said:

Does anyone have one of the at-home dopplers? I'm debating getting one to ease my nerves a bit, but not sure how reliable they are? Thinking it might actually make me more nervous if I can't find a heartbeat when I think I should. Thoughts?

I have one. I never got to hear a heartbeat on it, but I don't plan on using it this pregnancy until much, much later, if at all The instructions say they do not recommend using it until at least 14 weeks as it can be hit or miss and cause undue stress.

[ginabini]

madamewaffles, icaughtfire, Thanks ladies! Do you know which one you guys have?

[madamewaffles]

Dec 9, 2015 15:12:25 GMT -5 ginabini said:

madamewaffles , icaughtfire , Thanks ladies! Do you know which one you guys have?

I have the Sonoline B. I think I got it from fetaldoppler.net or sumshit.

[icaughtfire]

Dec 9, 2015 15:16:46 GMT -5 madamewaffles said:

Dec 9, 2015 15:12:25 GMT -5 ginabini said:

madamewaffles , icaughtfire , Thanks ladies! Do you know which one you guys have?

I have the Sonoline B. I think I got it from fetaldoppler.net or sumshit.

Same!

[allison7]

Dec 9, 2015 14:14:33 GMT -5 ginabini said:

Does anyone have one of the at-home dopplers? I'm debating getting one to ease my nerves a bit, but not sure how reliable they are? Thinking it might actually make me more nervous if I can't find a heartbeat when I think I should. Thoughts?

I have a sonoline b. With DD I used it almost daily from 10 weeks until about 22 (when I could feel her movements consistently). I never had a problem locating the hb, but I didn't try until my OB located heart tones with a Doppler in the office. 

Now, location of the placenta and ute can make a difference when trying to get the hb. This time, my ute is still very tipped, so I tried today, but with the tipped ute and only being 8w5d I was not successful. My OB didn't even try yesterday because he didn't think he could find it. I will keep trying every few days but I am not freaked out that I have not been successful. As long as you remember that you might not be able to find it everyday and that doesn't mean that anything is wrong, then it can be a fun and relieving item to have. 

[harlowjune1984]

Dec 9, 2015 14:14:33 GMT -5 ginabini said:

Does anyone have one of the at-home dopplers? I'm debating getting one to ease my nerves a bit, but not sure how reliable they are? Thinking it might actually make me more nervous if I can't find a heartbeat when I think I should. Thoughts?

I used one with my first pregnancy that I borrowed from a friend. I didn't have an issue with finding the heartbeat (after 10 weeks), but I agree that it really has to do with the placement of your placenta a lot of times. I used the Sonoline B, and I may end up purchasing one for this pregnancy, but I will wait until after my doctor can find the HB, and I always go into it knowing that there is a chance I might not hear it due to the position of the baby. 

[tikoberry99]

Dec 9, 2015 14:14:33 GMT -5 ginabini said:

Does anyone have one of the at-home dopplers? I'm debating getting one to ease my nerves a bit, but not sure how reliable they are? Thinking it might actually make me more nervous if I can't find a heartbeat when I think I should. Thoughts?

I have one and was able to find the heartbeat for a bit earuler today. I tried again once my DH got home and couldn't find it.

[melody330]

Dec 9, 2015 14:14:33 GMT -5 ginabini said:

Does anyone have one of the at-home dopplers? I'm debating getting one to ease my nerves a bit, but not sure how reliable they are? Thinking it might actually make me more nervous if I can't find a heartbeat when I think I should. Thoughts?

I guess I'm the minority here. My doctor had a very difficult time finding DS heartbeat with the Doppler in the office until about 20 weeks. I felt like if she couldn't get it most of the time, I wouldn't be able to.

[prvc678]

Dec 10, 2015 6:16:18 GMT -5 melody330 said:

Dec 9, 2015 14:14:33 GMT -5 ginabini said:

Does anyone have one of the at-home dopplers? I'm debating getting one to ease my nerves a bit, but not sure how reliable they are? Thinking it might actually make me more nervous if I can't find a heartbeat when I think I should. Thoughts?

I guess I'm the minority here. My doctor had a very difficult time finding DS heartbeat with the Doppler in the office until about 20 weeks. I felt like if she couldn't get it most of the time, I wouldn't be able to.

This was my situation too. Not worth the anxiety for me.

[TheTuna15]

Re: dopplers

I don't know if anyone else got this advice, but my OB pretty much insisted that I didn't get one. His rationale was that if I felt something was wrong enough to warrant checking for a heartbeat then I should be calling him, because the presence of a heartbeat could be deceiving if there's something wrong. I do think it would be nice to have one just for fun though.

[beebe918]

Dec 9, 2015 14:14:33 GMT -5 ginabini said:

Does anyone have one of the at-home dopplers? I'm debating getting one to ease my nerves a bit, but not sure how reliable they are? Thinking it might actually make me more nervous if I can't find a heartbeat when I think I should. Thoughts?

I had one for DS, it was the angelsounds doppler, it was relatively inexpensive, I remember not wanting to spend much money on a doppler when I wasn't sure I would be able to get it to work.  I think I tried it around 12 weeks and the first time it took me over an hour to find the heartbeat but after that I was able to find it easily every time.  I think what TheTuna15 said makes a lot of sense, I never used the doppler as reassurance when I thought something might be wrong, I more used it just because I liked listening to the heartbeat sometimes, it was kind of like bonding to me.  I had an anterior placenta so rarely felt the baby move.

[tootsie]

I also had anterior placenta and it made it difficult for the midwives to find the heartbeat with the doppler for quite awhile. Honestly, even when she found it I was like, oh that's it? Really? I had a hard time hearing the difference between MY heartbeat and the baby's. So yeah, no doppler for me.

[housecarder]

Dec 9, 2015 14:14:33 GMT -5 ginabini said:

Does anyone have one of the at-home dopplers? I'm debating getting one to ease my nerves a bit, but not sure how reliable they are? Thinking it might actually make me more nervous if I can't find a heartbeat when I think I should. Thoughts?

I have the sonoline B as well. I've found one baby a couple times now. I don't get super anxious if I can't find it, but H loves being able to hear it. And it was only like $40 so it's not a ton of money invested. I got the 2mhz probe though because I was told it was better for plus sized women or babies that are attached deeper.

[housecarder]

Dec 9, 2015 14:14:33 GMT -5 ginabini said:

Does anyone have one of the at-home dopplers? I'm debating getting one to ease my nerves a bit, but not sure how reliable they are? Thinking it might actually make me more nervous if I can't find a heartbeat when I think I should. Thoughts?

I have the sonoline B as well. I've found one baby a couple times now. I don't get super anxious if I can't find it, but H loves being able to hear it. And it was only like $40 so it's not a ton of money invested. I got the 2mhz probe though because I was told it was better for plus sized women or babies that are attached deeper.

[cocobellaf]

No doppler for me. I'd drive myself crazy with it.