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Finally! An Affordable Doppler Fetal Heartbeat Monitor — Monitor your baby’s heart beat right from home! With the Babycom Home Doppler Fetal Heartbeat Monitor, you and your family can experience the joy of hearing your baby’s heartbeat at home – any time… More >>
Great product and great price. Same kind of quality as the one the DR uses.
January 1st, 2010 at 4:04 PMRating: 5 / 5
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My husband and I were very impressed by the ease of finding the fetal heartbeat and the clarity in which it is heard. The quality of sound was the same or better than at the doctor’s office.
One of the weaknesses is that it is relatively difficult to get an accurate heart rate due to the fact that you need a steady stream of sound for 8 seconds. If the baby moves, you lost it!
There are additional weaknesses, but not to the point that we would tell anyone NOT to buy this product. They are just some little things that you have to figure out…and we have already figured out a lot in our 5 days of ownership.
Before you start aimlessly looking for the heartbeat, you or your significant other can feel around gently for the hardest spot in your belly and start there. If you find the hard spot and start there, it has been our experience to find the heartbeat within a minute. Here are some things to look out for:
If you hold the transducer too close to the base you will hear some obnoxious feedback that is similar to a guitar and amp. The instructions state that you need a lot of the gel and they aren’t lying. If you don’t have enough gel on your belly, there will be some more obnoxious noises. When you do have enough gel, the transducer moves easily and it is easier to find the heartbeat. However, it is very important to hold the transducer very steady for the best signal and the least amount of interference.
Another thing we found is that if you try for a longer period of time (which we did the first day we got it) the heartbeat will disappear. That was only because the baby dropped toward my back from laying in the same position for so long. We tried a little later after I had been walking around and had laid on my left side for about a half hour and we were able to pick up the heart beat right away.
Other than these small things that we had to figure out, we are very happy with this purchase. It is very comforting to be able to say, “Do you want to listen to the baby?” and have the option to do just that. This was a well-spent amount of money, and because we are planning to have more children, we plan to use it for a while. It was a good investment.
Now about me. You may be wondering how far along I am for it to be so easy to hear the heartbeat. The day we received the Babycom Fetal Doppler, I was at the first day of my 17th week. I have 23 more weeks to use it:)
January 1st, 2010 at 4:33 PMRating: 4 / 5
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