Oppinions on Fetal Dopler after Loss?

[NicoleLRob]

I'm not 100% sure if I want to get a fetal dopler or not. I know I'll be using it 24/7 and what if one day I go to use it and can't find the heartbeat?! Idk if I can handle that.

 

[GI_Jane]

I didn't get one for the reasons you have stated. May create more worry.
By the time you are able to detect a heartbeat reliably using it, it won't be long after that you will start to feel the baby moving which is a big reassurance in itself.

 

[Fit_Mama2Be]

I rented a doppler my first pregnancy at 10.5 weeks, always found Baby's heartbeat quickly, and found it really reassuring - however I then found out at our 13 week scan that Baby was very ill with a condition that is not compatible with life and lost him a week later.

You'd think I wouldn't have wanted one for this pregnancy, but I still did and got it at 9.5 weeks this time. I couldn't find a heartbeat the first night I tried but found it the next morning in under 2 minutes and could always find it quickly after that. Even though I knew that finding a heartbeat is no guarantee of a positive outcome I still felt better going into my 12 week scan knowing that Baby was alive. Then I just had to worry about whether he was healthy, but one worry was easier to cope with than two.

I ended up with an anterior placenta so didn't feel movement until about 18 weeks, so I also found the doppler reassuring in that regard, because even when I couldn't feel him moving I could hear him crashing around on the doppler.

Just my experience and I know everyone's is different. I have a short torso and was fairly thin so that's probably why I could find Baby so easily so early on.

Whatever you decide on, I hope it brings you peace.

 

[NicoleLRob]

I want to just so if I don't feel movement I at least know that they are alive. Uugh idk

 

[luvymom]

I got one with my last baby. I had extreme anxiety. And while using the doppler didn't take my anxiety away, it definitely made it easier. I still had the same worries as you, but I still found the doppler comforting. (I've had 7 losses and 5 healthy pregnancies)

 

[firsttimer123]

I find the Doppler great! I try to spread out of usage and limit to once a week. Prior to 10 weeks it could be very time consuming to find hb but after that it was easier