Would highly recommend in the right hands. So over all, use with caution! Excellent for the price paid, will continue to use it throughout pregnancy for reassurance. She told me some people place the probe near their own heart and claim they can hear the baby's heart beat. I discussed having a home doppler with my midwife and she says they do not recommend people get one as people typically do not know how to correctly use it. In the appropriate situation it is a very useful adjunct to umbilical artery Doppler assessment. It isn't as powerful as the ones we use in the hospital but it's definitely powerful enough to hear a strong fetal heartbeat. A Doppler flow study is often used when a fetus has intrauterine growth restriction, meaning the fetus is smaller than normal for his or her gestational. Fetal middle cerebral arterial (MCA) Doppler assessment is an important part of assessing fetal cardiovascular distress, fetal anemia or fetal hypoxia. As a doctor with knowledge of anatomy, I found this extremely easy to use and very reassuring before you can start feeling the baby move. Also, having the patience to slowly move the probe around to search for the tiny heart. As long as you know where on your abdomen to place the probe (anywhere between pubic symphysis and the belly button) and be aware that it's only really possible to hear the heart beat after 15-16 weeks (as the baby has grown enough to now be out of the pelvis and heart beat is audible) and also be aware that the baby's heart beat is around 150 beats per minute and not around 70 (which is your own heart beat) then it's a great tool.
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