Advice needed for using a doppler at 10 weeks

[Kato2]

so some of my symptoms have faded a bit, only really the mildest of mildest MS (never been sick or even slightly close but felt a bit sick once or twice) and constipation. still have sore boobs and tired.


....so ordered a doppler and I am hoping it gives me some reassurance. before i use it can anyone who has found a HB at 10 weeks please give me some advice as the where to put monitor (is it above pubic bone) and what to listen for?

thanks in advance guys x

 

[foreverhappy]

I have one and it can still be differcult to pick it up ealry! I just picked mine up within 5 mins but yesterday not at all so dont be alarmed if you cant as there is so much room for baby to hide!

I put the below the belly button about 2 inches and then slightly to the right,you will have your own pulse which is about 85bpm and then the pacenter which sounds like a pow pow noise and slightly whooshy,you will know when you find baby as it will be fast anything from 130-180 bpm and will sound like a train,it may go in and out as baby moves and you may hear it for a while or just a few secs and some time in the distance,it can really vary,I have a recording if you want it sent by email,or search on youtube as there is plenty of videos of people using dopplers! Good luck hun x x

 

[Mosnippy]

awwww i have a doppler and its great, i tried using it from about 9 weeks but was only able to pick it up at 10+6, on new years eve

mine is just above my pubic bone on the right hand side, i have to press a little hard, you need lots of gel, that works best, just start in one spot and slowly just rotate the probe and then move a little.

as this is my first when ifirst started using it, i was a dumbass, i heard my heartbeat thinking it was babies, and then was confused when i heard two (still mine) in differant spots. till my OH told me know that is you (its baby no 5 for him) you will know when you hear it, its the best sound, like a gallopping little horse.
best way to describe it is our heartbeat is a wow, wow wow sound and the babies is chug chug chug, also if you dont have a doppler with a heartrate monitor like mine, just rest a finger on your own pulse it will be in sync with the ones you find you know its not your babies.

also have recordings if you want lol i love to listen to it .

good luck! but dont panic that your symptoms are going, placenta starts taking over so your symptoms will start to gooo.

enjoy!

 

[Mosnippy]

sorry that was a bit of a long post!

 

[Witchywoo]

I've just got one of these and got all excited about hearing the heartbeat and then realised it was mine.
The left and right of my pubic bone is vey loud so that must be me, and I can hear the same noise in the middle which must be the placenta?
No choo choo train yet though. Will be checking here for any more tips.
Is it possible to hear the baby moving around using one of these? the noise I was hearing was not my stomach, and sounded like something moving in liquid. Was quite random.

 

[Mosnippy]

i heard that befroe i heard the heart beat, like bubbles like you run your hand through water.. i am sure it was the little one swimming around! avoiding being found!

i hear alot more strange noises now to that i am a bit further along and bubs should be a bit bigger..

such an amazing experiance lol

 

[Geegees]

I always found mine really low down, move it about VERY slowly, move it almost as if its a torch and your shining the light about! Does that make sense?

It also depends on the doppler type etc as to how soon you'll hear it. I have a sonoline and heart at 10 / 11 weeks with a tilted uterus.

Good Luck and enjoy!

 

[Witchywoo]

I have an Angel sounds one so I don't think its as sensitive as the more expensive ones.

 

[Geegees]

Oh... if you go on youtube, you can search for doppler at 10 weeks etc and hear what the heart beat should sound like.

 

[Joybell]

What everyone has said is great advice.

Mine arrived yesterday (Sonoline B) and I am 10 weeks with a retroverted uterus. I thought I would hear nothing but after a little while searching I found it a couple of inches below my belly button on my Right hand side.

The placenta noise is quite distinctive when you know what to listen for. For me the placenta was really loud and most defintely a "wow wow" noice. I heard my heart rate a couple of times and it was quite slow. Going to try tonight just to make sure it matches to my pulse.

I heard my baby's heartbeat which was much faster but also quite faint and far away sounding. It was clearly so much faster than my heartbeat and sounded so different to the placenta so I knew what I had found. I lost it quickly afterwards then couldn't find it again.

My sonoline has a screen which shows the heartrate. My baby is obviously quite far away still because of my retroverted uterus so it was having a hard time reading the heartbeat. A couple of times it did stated 135bpm but I think it would be a bit faster than that if it could pick it up more clearly.

I did mine with two pillows under my bum and a full bladder (lovely ).

The person that said about making small movements just like a torch is SO right. Don't go sweeping it around the place as you will never find it. Put it in one spot and slowly angle it one way, then another to see if you pick up anything. If not creep the doppler slightly in the other direction and try again.

Best of luck- when is it due to arrive?

Joy x

 

[Kato2]

Its arrived! i could hear my HB quite clearly (mine is quite fast naturally too so I'm sure this is going to be difficult!)... heard a lot of swooshing and think i found something for a brief minute which then disappeared pretty quickly but cant be sure.... found a very noisy area where all hell was breaking loose!!! loads of noise (not just the wind tunnel and swooshing!!... nay ideas what this could be?)

i have such a long torso so 1.5 inch below my belly button is way off my pubic bone!! i have a feeling this will be addictive!

 

[Joybell]

Yeah! Glad it arrived.

It is seriously addicitive. Have another go tomorrow. You maybe heard the baby moving around?

Joy x

 

[Kato2]

I just had another go when OH was here and I heard it twice!!!! yay! so happy and relieved! only heard it very briefly then kept disappearing but no doubting it was babba as much different to mine! ahhhhhh and breathe! thanks guys xx

 

[griffinh]

i caught mine last night - very distantly like a train, then when oh was in the shower i heard a distinctive chugchugchug and then it moved and i couldnt find it again lol x

 

[babydust1990]

I can't hear anything at all :/ I've got the angelsounds 1... Its literally silent wherever I put it...

 

[griffinh]

do you hear a whooshing at all near pubic bone?xxx

 

[babydust1990]

Nope, nothing at all x

 

[griffinh]

i cant really help cos ive got the hi bebe one

try using it with a full bladder and pillows under your hips hun - i get the placenta (slow woah woah woah of myhb and lots of windy noise) then a distant kind of like a train going really fast which i think is baby but the little bugger keeps moving

 

[camerashy]

What gel do u use? Or cream?

 

[griffinh]

i use the gel that came with the doppler. cant remember the name but my oh calls it baby lube xxx