How many times a day is it safe to use doppler?!
My AngelSounds Doppler arrived today and i've got to admit to using it 3 times already. Ooops.
Only problem being is that the OH hasn't been with me when i've used it yet. How many times a day is safe to use it?! Am I best waitin until tomorrow to let him hear the heartbeat? (he doesn't know yet that it has been delivered!) xx
Only problem being is that the OH hasn't been with me when i've used it yet. How many times a day is safe to use it?! Am I best waitin until tomorrow to let him hear the heartbeat? (he doesn't know yet that it has been delivered!) xx
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My MW knows I have one and she is fine with it. In fact, we've decided not to bother with the 16 week appointment because I can listen to HB myself and will arrange my own blood tests. I can call her if I need to ask anything or have any problems. She knows I am a nurse though and a 3rd time Mum, so maybe that's why she is cool with it?
The only thing she said was to try not to use it at night, because if baby is lying funny and you can't find the HB, you could freak out and end up at A&E stressed out. She said A&E will almost certainly find HB straight away but all in all you'll have ended up spending 4 hours at the hospital for nothing and that is why MW's are trying to get them banned. She said so many mums get it wrong or struggle to find HB and waste hospital time panicking?
It is addictive though! Maybe once you can feel baby move more and get reassurance that way, you'll be less inclined to want to check on HB? Enjoy! xxx
So as long as you're not using it as a diagnosis tool I think frequent use is fine. I was using mine all the time when I first got it but I did reduce the amount I used it drastically when I started feeling movement. It's really good as a reassurance tool in the early days xx
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it is only now that i feel baby move every day that i have actually forgot to use it for the last few weeks! im sure it is fine to listen every day until baby starts moving!
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I don't think there is a medical reason to limit it's use, but like the other ladies have said, could distract from other things.