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Heartbeat
Added: 127 days ago.
Added by: lizzie287
Section: General.
Status: This question is Closed. (Questions will be closed after 10 days.)


Just wondering if anyone has been able to locate their baby`s heartbeat with a stethoscope? I tried last night at work and couldn`t find it ... I`m not too worried, because she`s still been moving around quite a bit, but just curious if this is common?

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lady26 - 126 days ago Rating: 5 (1 votes) relax and try again

kathleen - 126 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i would try a doppler instead

Melanie07 - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I was able to after about 24 weeks. It is very tricky. A lot of times you here either your own heartbeat or all the other sounds. It is noisy in there. It is really neat when you find it. I did find that using the smaller side was better for hearing it.

lmo - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i dont think that it is strong enought to hear the heartbeat

MelissaJoanne - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) A normal stethoscope generally isn't powerful enough to hear baby's heartbeat with, until baby is pretty big. You'll pick up your own intestine sounds, but not baby.

niki - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I didnt try that but the doppler does a great job at picking it up quite early. x

Mommyof2boys - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) After 20 weeks, a stethoscope can pick up the heartbeat but it can be tricky to find. Good luck!

jujujudy - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i don't have a stethascope but i do have a fetal heart beat monitor which is probably the same thing. I was told to try a few inches to the right and below my belly button. i have to listen hard but i can find it now. At first i just felt stupid listening to white noise.

sarahann - 127 days ago Rating: 5 (1 votes) I used to listen to my baby's heartbeat with my stethoscope and it was lovely. You just need to make sure that it's the baby's heartbeat you are listening to and not the placental blood flow. It makes is easier if you know how your baby is lying. Also, use the small side if you have stethoscope with two sides.

joyfulnoise - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I tried that before, never could find it though.

Baby3OnWay - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) I heard it and it was faint and took forever to find! haha I'm 19weeks today!!

ashleyandcaleb - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i havent tried the stethoscope but on some websites around 27 weeks you can hear the heartbeat through the tummy:)

mommy-of-3 - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) It can be so hard to find the heartbeat and that of course doesn't mean there's anything wrong, it's just that we don't know how baby is positioned the way a doctor can tell right away and know where to check for the heartbeat. It sure is fun trying though and the farther along you get the easier it should be to find.

Its-Chelle - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) i had one of those things a friend gave me, forgot the name, but strapped it on my belly hoping to hear the heartbeat, and all i got was static and bumps when he moved..not sure how well a stethoscope works..

lizzie287 - 127 days ago I should mention that I'm 28w3d right now ...

njstewy - 127 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes) It takes awhile . .you have to really, really listen and it's really faint until later on. I don't think that I could here it until after 23 weeks. .but it's niffty to hear her moving around though