Sara, I got the doppler on ebay, don't remember the brand, but it was the first one that popped up when I searched doppler on ebay, it is pretty equippte and was 50$US. I haven't gotten it yet, but when I do I will let you know if it works.
The rest is copied from my journal.. it has been an interesting couple of days.
Telling my granparents went well enough, they were really happy for us. But after dinner I wasn't feeling well so I laid down at their house till DH and my brother were ready to leave. Then we drove my brother home and I threw up all over the street in front of his place. I thought that morning sickness had caught up to me, but a few hours later when I was still throwing up nothing but bile I knew something was wrong. I was admitted to hospital for 12 hours. I spent the entire night throwing up, they determined I had a gastro so once I spent a few hours without throwing up they let me start drinking water and when I was able to hold that down they let me go home. So now I am home resting and trying to eat what I can.
We went to the hospital right next to our house, because it is right next to our house.. and when we got there the triage nurse told us that in the future because of the pregnancy we should go to any hospital but theirs...
They don't have a maternity ward of obgyns.. But they still admitted me and got me on iv and everything. Then this morning when I finally saw the doctor I asked him if it would be possible to try to hear the baby's heartbeat. He wasn't too sure because it is early, but he got the machine and did an ultrasound for me! So DH and I got to see our little bean. I don't have any pictures, but we saw it right away. Looks like a peanut, and we could see the heartbeating nice and strong. We didn't count the heartbeat, didn't want to push the doctor's generosity too much, but it was there and regular. So 12 hours in the hospital totally worth it because we got to see our little baby.
I am staying home today and tomorrow and will see how I feel by Wednesday. I'm glad that it was a virus and not an indication of the type of ms I would be stuck with...