baby heart monitors?

Bella

i am so excited. my hubby is on his way to go pick up a fetal baby heart monitor. Does anyone have any experiences with these devices? do you end up listening to the baby all day? is one brand better than the other? any recommendations?
oh bummer, nothing very positive about those things....did anyone have anything positive to say :(

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I had one for my second pregnancy. I bought the most expensive one I could find and I only used it once. The room has to be super quiet cuz the monitor will pick up everything and when the baby moves the sound is distorted, you can also hear the sounds your stomach makes but its super hard to hear the baby's heartbeat. I hope it works better for you.

for anyone who's tried the heart monitor's to hear the baby?

l.clark79

how far along do you have to be before you can hear the baby's heart beat .a friend just give me hers and she lost the instructions.Any advice?I am almost 6 wks along.I know i have to be 12 wks before the dr.'s monitor can detect it with their monitor is it the same with this one or do i have to wait longer?

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i bought one of those cheap $20 heart monitors and it is hard to find the heartbeat with those...first of all, they are not made to hear the heartbeat so clearly, the only way to do that is to get one like the OB doctor has...i used to take my stethoscope, which was one of the $200 ones and supposed to be the best, and i could never find his heartbeat...also, its hard to find the heartbeat....those monitors you buy at walmart are good just to hear the baby move and hickup...i used to sit there and call my dad and put the headphones to the phone to let him hear him hickup all the time...

as far as being 12 weeks along for the doctor to hear the heartbeat, i dont think thats right...i had my first check up at 7 weeks and my sons heartbeat was clear as day and they found it right away

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