Yes, you can rent or buy a Doppler for home use. In this way the fetal Doppler makes your baby's heartbeats loud enough for you to hear.
The Doppler sends and receives sound waves that bounce off your baby's heart. She'll cover the device with ultrasound gel and move it around on your belly until she finds a spot where the heartbeat can be detected. The fetal Doppler (also called ‘Doptone’) is a handheld ultrasound baby heartbeat monitor that your caregiver can use to find your baby's heartbeat. Your caregiver may be able to find it with the Doppler as early as 12 weeks.Ĭhecking your baby's heartbeat will become a regular part of every prenatal visit. How early the sound can be picked up depends on your baby's position in your uterus, your weight, and the accuracy of your due date. Otherwise, you'll probably first hear your baby's heartbeat with a fetal Doppler at a regular prenatal care visit. You may be able to hear - and see - the fluttering of cells for the first time when you're about 6 weeks pregnant if you have an early ultrasound exam. This early embryonic heartbeat is fast, often about 160-180 beats per minutes, twice as fast as us adults'! Later the heartbeat slows slightly but remains about 110-160 throughout fetal life. A baby's heartbeat can be detected by transvaginal ultrasound as early as 3 to 4 weeks after conception, or 5 to 6 weeks after the first day of the last menstrual period.
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