Re: ? for those of you with home dopplers

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Knowing you have a good ultrasound should help alleviate your fears till the time is right! If you have a store-bought doppler, the nurse told me that those won't pick up a hb till approx 22 weeks.

At Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Sheri wrote: >
>I am 12 weeks 2 days today and still can not find the heartbeat. Can
>you tell me exactly where some of you are finding yours? I have tried
>all I know to do...have a full bladder, lay flat on floor, lay with legs
>hanging off the bed, someone even suggested eating something with a lot
>of sugar I have done that too. Still nothing!!! I hear what sounds like
>movement (or atleast that is what it sounded like on the cd they sent
>me) all the time but it is not down low it is closer to the belly
>button. Any other suggestions as to what that might be I am hearing? I
>definately hear the placental noises (sounds like wind) and I hear my
>heart beating just find so I know I am alive and well :)Also, I have
>only had the machine 2 weeks and I have changed the battery once and now
>the green light is blinking again so the battery is low again. I do not
>use the machine every day and on the days I do use it I do not use it a
>really long time. I would say no more than 15 minutes 2-3 times a day
>on the days I do use it. Is everyone else having to change their
>batteries that much? I am really overweight so maybe that is the whole
>problem. I was at the doctor last Thursday I was 11 weeks 2 days then
>he didn't find it either but he did an ultrasound and the baby was
>moving all around and the heart rate was 171.

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Good Luck!

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