i'm only 2 1/2 months pregnant and i was wondering if i can hear the heart beat yet? i got a used heart beat monitor and i was wondering if maybe i should get a new one or will it work fine now? and how good does this one work?
2007-03-15 15:02:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I know it's an exciting time - and a nerve wracking one too!
There will be 1,000 moments where you'll be wondering how the baby is doing - and a heart monitor would ease your mind considerbaly.
But...unfortunately, these things don't work - honestly, you will only hear the sounds of your own digestion.
Save your money and buy more onsies with it!
Congratulations on your baby!
2007-03-15 15:11:15 · answer #1 · answered by Stan W 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Heart monitors like the bebe sounds can't be used until you're at least 21 weeks and even then they're pretty horrible. I just tried one now that I'm 23 weeks and you can't make anything out. Rent a doppler instead. You should be able to hear the hb with a doppler somewhere between 9-14 weeks. I heard my baby's hb at 9w5d and it's been a great reassurance to me after a miscarriage. I recommend baby beats.
2007-03-15 15:11:34 · answer #2 · answered by intellegntsia 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I bought my monitor when I was 21 weeks. I have tried so hard to hear the heartbeat. I am now 11 days away from having a c-section and I still can't hear my babies heartbeat with it. I have sat in a quite room for over 3 hours straight trying to find it. They say you have to be very patient. I was and it didn't pay off. You can hear if the baby kicks and the fluids in your stomach though. My son enjoyed listening to my heart beat so I guess since it made him happy it was worth it.
2007-03-15 15:57:35 · answer #3 · answered by Kayla 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I actually have one and that i'm no longer inspired with it. in spite of the undeniable fact that, i'm in undemanding words 20 weeks and it even says on the instructions that you won't be able to listen some thing with it until eventually the eighth month. i'm basically satisfied that a buddy of mine gave it to me and that i did not waste any money. The buddy who gave it to me suggested she might want to listen the newborn's heartbeat in the route of the accurate of her being pregnant, or maybe then she couldn't listen it every time she used it. i imagine that's only a glorified stethoscope.
2016-12-02 01:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To tell you the truth.. I could never pick up a heart beat thing with that! Even when I used it near my due date.. if i were you I'd exchange it for another one, I could only hear my tummy gurgling and growling lol
2007-03-15 15:09:17 · answer #5 · answered by lauraalexak 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a waste of money. I had one with my second pregnancy & found it a total waste. I couldn't hear anything through out the entire pregnancy except static, my own belly sounds and my own heart beat. They aren't worth the money.
2007-03-15 16:09:05 · answer #6 · answered by Crystal 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT says on the box that it doesn't work until 5 months
2007-03-15 15:54:46 · answer #7 · answered by BaBweight 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i bought one from the motherhood store and it says it on the box that is reccomend for women in their 3rd trimester..but to tell you the truth it was a waste of money..bc all i heard was my stomach growling and my own heart beat when i placed it over my chest
2007-03-15 15:06:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had one of those and it was worthless (I bought mine brand new). I could hear my stomach sounds, and if the baby kicked the microphone, but I never heard the baby's heartbeat with it.
2007-03-15 15:08:53 · answer #9 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
thats a waist of money all i heard was my own heart and my stomach growling too
2007-03-15 15:32:08 · answer #10 · answered by mommy to a preemie baby girl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋