To be fair, a lot of girls say they "feel" or "hear" the heartbeat at such an early stage, when in reality, they are feeling their own pulse and blood pumping as your heart works so much harder during pregnancy and there is an increase of blood.
To be fair, a lot of girls say they "feel" or "hear" the heartbeat at such an early stage, when in reality, they are feeling their own pulse and blood pumping as your heart works so much harder during pregnancy and there is an increase of blood.
So take things you read and hear with a grain of salt - if many women's doctors can't hear it or struggle WEEKS after your date (12 weeks+), do you really think girls are actually hearing the HB at home??? Maybe some do, but likely not.
Pregnant girls (especially their firsts) are just so keen on believing every pump and gas bubble is the baby, but it often isn't, especially in 1st tri.
To be fair, a lot of girls say they "feel" or "hear" the heartbeat at such an early stage, when in reality, they are feeling their own pulse and blood pumping as your heart works so much harder during pregnancy and there is an increase of blood.
So take things you read and hear with a grain of salt - if many women's doctors can't hear it or struggle WEEKS after your date (12 weeks+), do you really think girls are actually hearing the HB at home??? Maybe some do, but likely not.
Pregnant girls (especially their firsts) are just so keen on believing every pump and gas bubble is the baby, but it often isn't, especially in 1st tri.
I have absolutely no doubt about hearing the hb at 8 weeks and I have listened to it at least weekly ever since. I am not even slightly confused between the two, my own hb is around 65bpm and baby is 145/150bpm. This was verified at my scan yesterday when the sonographer registered it as 148bpm.
Every woman is different and it's more down to individual circumstances whether you hear it early or not. Implying that those of us who do hear it are disillusioned and hearing what we want to hear is frankly quite rude and narrow-minded. By your logic, the worried lady who started this thread should be able to hear a hb because she's so desperate to.
I never said girls in the first trimester DON'T hear the heartbeat, but that a lot of them can mistake gas for the heartbeat. Rude and narrow-minded? No, just a reality that a lot (if not most) women at 8 or 9 weeks won't hear it with a doppler. There's a reason medical professionals don't recommend it at that stage or even use it themselves. Just because you were one of the few that were able to hear it doesn't mean that tons of other women don't mistake blood pumping for heart beats - they absolutely do. I don't understand why people take things as rude or narrow-minded when it's just pointing out some confusion that a lot of girls experience in the first trimester, yeesh.
All things being equal though, it is unusual to be able to hear the HB this early, that in itself is intended by those who say it to be reassuring to those who can't hear it. According to my docs the MW won't even try listening to it till gone 12 wks, as ON THE WHOLE you can see it but not hear it. I don't get why people are so determined to be insulted on here! Surely this is what conversation is about, different experiences?!