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ashwise member
April 2015 in October 2015 Moms
hey everyone! I recently purchased a home fetal Doppler (I know ppl are divided on this. I decided to buy one after doing research and talking with my husband). Anyways- I'm 13 weeks and have been trying every couple of days to find the heartbeat and no luck. I know everything's okay- I just had my u/s last Friday and it was great I went home and tried the Doppler the first time that day and didn't hear anything. My u/s pics were great- which is fantastic because I thought my extra tummy padding would inhibit the pics from being clear. But now I'm wondering if that's what's happening with the Doppler. My Drs haven't even tried to listen to the heartbeat so I'm wondering if it's normal of plus size moms to have to wait until they're further along to hear the heart beat. Btw I purchased the sonoline b 3hrz one. Thanks for your advice ladies.
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Kara7787 member
April 2015
I'm plus size and I heard it for the first time at 10 weeks with the doppler. You may have to angle the doppler down under the pubic bone if baby is sitting low.
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jenn2132 member
April 2015
I'm plus size and I can only get my baby's HB lower down by my pubic line. I'm sure if I had a flat tummy to begin with I prob could hear it higher up since my uterus is higher up now that I'm almost 18 weeks but alas I have a nice fat pad by my belly button so I have to search low. I'm sure as I get bigger and baby moves past my lower belly it will be much easier to find HB higher up
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nsaid4u member
April 2015
I would assume that extra 'layers' between the doppler and baby could possibly make hearing baby harder when baby is that tiny.
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leah665 member
April 2015
I have some extra abdominal fat and heard mine at 12 weeks. Like the other ladies said, point the Doppler down towards your pubic bone and don't be afraid to apply some pressure. At 12 weeks mine was a very faint HB and it took me a good 15-20 minutes to find it.
I'm 15w and tonight I searched and found it almost immediately and it was loud and clear.
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emeraudecephiro member
April 2015
You might need to press more, or move your stomach some depending. I usually have to press pretty hard to find it.
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beanie1977 member
April 2015
The doctor even had a hard time and finally was able to hear a heart beat at 12 weeks. He was right at my pubic area and pushing hard! My lower abdomen is quite pudgy!
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FrozenMommy member
April 2015
Yah boo, my NP last visit found it, baby moved, then she says "well, you are a little thicker"...yah, thanks I know. I was thinking of getting one too, but doppler seems to annoy all of my babies, they move every time!
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mstinwong04 member
April 2015
I takes practice to use the doppler. Especially early stage its pretty difficult to find the heartbeat. I have the same doppler
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ashwise member
April 2015
I found it this morning!! So happy it's the best sound on the planet. The placenta sounded cool too, but to hear baby's heartbeat- omg so cool.
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ccontre7 member
April 2015
Hi im on the plus size also and at 12 wks my doctor couldnt hear a ♡ beat w freaked me out we scheduled a sono 4 days later n everything was great....at 13 wks 3 days dr tried again and he could lightly hear it but also had me hold my xtra baggage so i guess its totally normal for us chunkies
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dlbello23 member
May 2015
The first time my dr tried she had a hard time finding it as well but after a few min she got it, scary few min for me! I recently purchased a Doppler from an online mom group I have yet to try it though might try it out tonight though once dd goes to bed!
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kayceetomasita member
May 2015
I'm pretty large. About 320 lbs. I heard the heartbeat via ultrasound at 8 weeks. They tried the Doppler at my last visit at 13 weeks but I was too fat for them to hear anything so they had to do another ultrasound to check the heartbeat.
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babycamara1106 member
May 2015
I'm very big and my obgyn found the heartbeat at 12 weeks with a Doppler.
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dlbello23 member
May 2015
Well I tried it tonight and found it very quickly!
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ROrtiz07 member
May 2015
I definitely agree with everyone else in saying try much lower, towards the pubic area & use some pressure. I've got lots of lower abdominal "padding" lol but I got to hear the HB at 10wks. Good luck!!
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nianicho777 member
May 2015
I didn't hear on my own Doppler until last week 17 weeks but I also gave up trying after 10 weeks or so. You'll find it.
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