Anyone rent a home doppler to hear baby's heartbeat? Does it work?

10.5 weeks pregnant. Been having a ton of U/S's due to some bleeding and a car wreck. I love ultrasounds and hearing my baby's heartbeat! Now that bleeding has stopped, my OBGYN sees no reason for another U/S for at least a month! Am I normal for being a little obsessive with this? I had one miscarriage about 2-3 weeks pregnant before. Even though OBGYN says all is perfect, I still am a little nervous!

I hear ya! I'm 28 weeks and I'm still nervous. I worry about the baby alot. About a 2 months ago I decided to rent a doppler. I got one from babybeat.com. I've been using ever since. They say you can't hear the heartbeat until about 12 weeks (10 at the very earliest) but as time goes by it's easier to find and hear. I think it's the greatest thing. It definitely puts my mind at ease. I try not to use it all the time- only when I start to get very nervous or worried. It costs me about $25/month to rent.

Can anyone tell me if the fetal doppler monitors you rent can pick up my babys heartbeat when Im 13 weeks?

I also want to know if you rented one which was the best and was it worth it? I think I would feel alot better after a miscarriage if I could hear the heartbeat often.

I am pretty sure. I know when I went to my actual doctors @ 10 weeks they couldn't use the doppler b/c I wasn't that far along. But @ 14 weeks they did. Don't freak out if you cant hear it. My friend had one and worried herself to death listening to the baby's heartbeat all day!

Where can a buy or rent a GOOD but inexpensive baby Doppler (Heartbeat listener)?

I bought that Babies R Us one, But I need to wait until the 3rd trimester.
I am on a tight budget I am looking to spend no more than $50?

But either way if its more than $50 let me know. I really want one!

I just bought one off ebay, and it is the same one that my dr. uses. It is a 550 dollar system, and I won the auction for $90.00. As soon as I got it, it picked up the heartbeat, and I was 16 weeks. I am now 17 weeks and can hear it everyday. Search ebay for "fetal heart dopplers", and you can choose the one you like. Just google the brand to get reviews. Good luck with your baby.

Does anyone know a good site to rent a safe fetal doppler from? Does anyone know a good site to rent a safe fetal doppler from?

I rent mine from www.heartones.com
Its only $22 a month and no shipping fee's. I love it, I can pick up the heartbeat right away!!

Where can I buy or rent a doppler?

I looked at buying 1 from eBay but changed my mind!!!
If you do not pick the heart beat up coz baby is in a different position i feel id panic and spend most of my pregnancy at the midwife or hospital. i enjoy my antenatal with the midwife coz she always checks the heart and it give me something to look forward to. just my opinion

Do you think it would be a good idea to rent a fetal doppler than to buy one if I'm 15 weeks pregnant? Do you think it would be a good idea to rent a fetal doppler than to buy one if I'm 15 weeks pregnant?

Theres a similar machine that you can buy at walmart. it only cost about $20. I think you can also play muisc to the baby thru it and you can hear as well the heart and movement. I bought one for my sisiter when she was preg and she loved it.

I heard my babys heartbeat. It was AMAZING! Where Can I Rent or Buy Fetus Doppler?

Wasnt it great for you too?! Anywhere I can rent or buy an affordable GOOD fetus doppler? Thanks!

I rented mine from babybeat.com
the shipping is FAST and you can return it anytime you want.
I think the cheapest one is $23/month. I have the $27/month one and it worked great for me.
Congrats.

Where can you rent a good doppler from?

I'm not meaning to be a downer here , but I visited those reccomended sites , and their info is highly misleading .

The information about the " FDA conducting numerous tests and in 30 years no adverse bio-effects from ultrasound monitoring have ever been doccumented" is true , to an extent .....what these companies are leaving out is that
#1 : these case studies were performed in regulated settings with qualified medical professionals, and most importaintly that #2 : doppler ultrasound and imaging ultrasound are two different TYPES of ultrasound . There have been no adverse effects from pulsed wave doppler ...which is the imaging doppler . The blind doppler , or handlheld ,used at the doctors is continuous wave ultrasound . The difference is this: pulsed wave ultrasound sends short mointered pulses of sound into the body. continuous wave sends a continuous stream....and most people dont know that continuous wave ultrasound is the type used in physical therapy settings to provide heat to damged tissues .
There is a reason your OBGYN doesnt keep the doppler on your tummy fro 20 minutes at a time ...because it WILL heat the amnitioc fluid . NO TESTS HAVE BEEN DONE TO CONFIRM BIOEFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS WAVE ULTRASOUND ON PREGNANCY ...because the physics of sound tell us that the fluid will heat up . Human trials will not be done because the laws of the physics of sound waves says that continuous wave ultrasound does unequivically produce heat . They have done tests on water , and soft tissue..which is how ultrasound heat therapy came to be . Continuous wave ultrasound is safe in short instances , like in the doectors office when they are confirming heart tones , but this is done efficiently and in a time frame that dodes not allow for production of heat.

These companies arent lying to you ...they are just leaving out the bits of information that aren't so good for business.

I'm not saying not to buy a doppler ...just know that you cannot monitor your baby constantly ...once or maybe twice a day , for less than 2 minutes per time . ( this includes FINDING the heartrate)

Good luck !

~Ej