I'm 13 weeks pregnant and would like to purchase a baby heart monitor to listen to the baby's heart beat. Can I get one now at this stage or wait until my 3rd trimester?
2006-07-06 03:58:14 · 9 answers · asked by preshus316 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
You can get one at this stage. There's called fetal dopplers. You can get one from ebay for anywhere between $50-1000.00
You'll hear from quite a few people to buy those cheap ones at Kmart and Walmart. Sure, they're cheap. Around $20. But, you won't hear a heartbeat on them. I have twins, can't hear either one of their heartbeats, and I'm 17 weeks. But I can hear them move around, kick the monitor when I'm pressing on the belly, hear my own heartbeat, or all the water that I just drank gurgling around...but no twins' heartbeats. I heard the kids playing outside far better than anything else that thing could pick up. I took it back and bought a real one on ebay.
You'll want a 2.5 Mhz or a 3.0 - I personally would suggest a 3 if you want to start that early. Your baby should have a heartbeat at this time. My doctor heard ours at 10 weeks.
If you don't hear a heartbeat this early, just remember that you're not a doctor. Doctors have more experience finding the heartbeats, and when a baby is that small, it's not that easy.
I bought one, although I am not a doctor, and although I can feel both of my twins move, to settle my fears. Every day I check to make sure that I hear both heart beats. Then I go on about my day.
I'm adding a link to one from ebay. They have a lot of them on there. Just so you can see that it's similar to what the doctors have in their offices.
2006-07-06 04:09:15 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you should be able to hear the heart beat now....you definitley dont have to wait until your 3rd trimester, you can get a heart monitor at walmart or target
2006-07-06 11:08:20 · answer #2 · answered by Laura333 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I suggest you don't buy one. The ones you buy in the store are really just toys. My wife and I bought two different ones and could't here the heartbeat even weeks before the birth.
Better: Invest in a good stethoscope.
http://www.littmannstethoscopes.com/
2006-07-06 11:09:50 · answer #3 · answered by Bruticusmaximus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldnt blow the money on them.. the Bebe sounds monitor that you can get at Target or Walmart works but you have to be super quiet and then sometimes you just hear you food being digested
2006-07-06 11:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by sjeboyce 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We bought one but it only works in the last few months.
2006-07-06 11:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by Coast2CoastChat.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best place to purchase one will be at walmart try the evenflo or first alert. congratulations!
2006-07-06 11:18:43 · answer #6 · answered by whateverrie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we bought one from wal-mart called bebe sounds it was about $20, I wouldn't reccomend it- my husbands stomach sounded just like mine- but maybe you would have better luck
2006-07-06 11:57:20 · answer #7 · answered by Hannah's Mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stores will allow you to buy one at any time
2006-07-06 11:16:21 · answer #8 · answered by hatingmsn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to your gynecologist.
2006-07-06 11:01:04 · answer #9 · answered by eugene65ca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋