Where to aim this doppler??

wantingno.2 · Apr 14th, 2012, 15:16 PM

So I got my Doppler!! Yehhhhhh. Not sure where I should be pointing it, just under my belly button it picked up a hb of 158 but lower down was 124. I don't know if I'm doing it right, i don't always hear the hb it just comes up on the screen. Help I'm hopeless at this!

Jslyn9996 · Apr 14th, 2012, 15:19 PM

I always find my baby really low. Like by my hairline/pubic bone. 158 sounds like what the babys heart rate should be around.

wantingno.2 · Apr 14th, 2012, 15:24 PM

I haven't tried that low, I will. I just haven't heard anything as fast as the mw found on Wednesday is was very distinctive but I haven't heard it yet

Charlee · Apr 14th, 2012, 15:33 PM

I'm about the same stage as you and mine is still really low, just above my pubic bone, slightly off centre. I only have a cheap angelsounds doppler and can hear it clearly so once you hear it, you should be certain

wantingno.2 · Apr 14th, 2012, 15:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlee

I'm about the same stage as you and mine is still really low, just above my pubic bone, slightly off centre. I only have a cheap angelsounds doppler and can hear it clearly so once you hear it, you should be certain

Yeh I think once I hear I'll know. Xx

ace28 · Apr 14th, 2012, 15:38 PM

I also always find mine down low, right on the hairline. Press firmly but not too hard, and just be patient- it takes awhile. In terms of "aiming" it, I always just press directly perpendicular to my belly.

You'll know it when you find it- you said you've heard the baby before at the midwife, and that chugga chugga chugga is pretty unmistakable! Stick with it and let us know when you find it!

PS- can't always rely on the LCD readout unfortunately, as it varies. Try to find something you can hear!

wantingno.2 · Apr 14th, 2012, 15:48 PM

I FOUND IT! Yehhhhhhhhhh thanks ladies, right on the hairline. Loud and strong. I was going to say are these hb rates on these screens right, it seemed to go up and up and really fluctuate, anything between 120 - 145 but it never really stayed on a number.

I'll just Listen from now on, as long as I can hear it!!!! Thank so much ladies xxxx

Jslyn9996 · Apr 14th, 2012, 15:58 PM

Yay!! So glad you found it!

Geordie Boo x · Apr 14th, 2012, 18:00 PM

;-) hurray !!!
My little boy still ain't making his presence
Known
Few niggles in tummy but could be wind
Ha ha
So glad u heard ur baby's heartbeat
Now u can relax and know he's
Safe and sound in there  xxxxxxx

Apr 14th, 2012, 15:16 PM	#1
wantingno.2 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 3,356	Where to aim this doppler?? So I got my Doppler!! Yehhhhhh. Not sure where I should be pointing it, just under my belly button it picked up a hb of 158 but lower down was 124. I don't know if I'm doing it right, i don't always hear the hb it just comes up on the screen. Help I'm hopeless at this!

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Apr 14th, 2012, 15:19 PM	#2
Jslyn9996 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,508	I always find my baby really low. Like by my hairline/pubic bone. 158 sounds like what the babys heart rate should be around.

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Apr 14th, 2012, 15:24 PM	#3
wantingno.2 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 3,356	I haven't tried that low, I will. I just haven't heard anything as fast as the mw found on Wednesday is was very distinctive but I haven't heard it yet

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Apr 14th, 2012, 15:33 PM	#4
Charlee Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: North East Posts: 708	I'm about the same stage as you and mine is still really low, just above my pubic bone, slightly off centre. I only have a cheap angelsounds doppler and can hear it clearly so once you hear it, you should be certain

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Apr 14th, 2012, 15:38 PM	#6
ace28 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,130	I also always find mine down low, right on the hairline. Press firmly but not too hard, and just be patient- it takes awhile. In terms of "aiming" it, I always just press directly perpendicular to my belly. You'll know it when you find it- you said you've heard the baby before at the midwife, and that chugga chugga chugga is pretty unmistakable! Stick with it and let us know when you find it! PS- can't always rely on the LCD readout unfortunately, as it varies. Try to find something you can hear!

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Apr 14th, 2012, 15:48 PM	#7
wantingno.2 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 3,356	I FOUND IT! Yehhhhhhhhhh thanks ladies, right on the hairline. Loud and strong. I was going to say are these hb rates on these screens right, it seemed to go up and up and really fluctuate, anything between 120 - 145 but it never really stayed on a number. I'll just Listen from now on, as long as I can hear it!!!! Thank so much ladies xxxx

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Apr 14th, 2012, 15:58 PM	#8
Jslyn9996 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,508	Yay!! So glad you found it!

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Apr 14th, 2012, 18:00 PM	#9
Geordie Boo x Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: newcastle Posts: 235	;-) hurray !!! My little boy still ain't making his presence Known Few niggles in tummy but could be wind Ha ha So glad u heard ur baby's heartbeat Now u can relax and know he's Safe and sound in there  xxxxxxx

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