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A 22-year-old female asked:

Is it safe to use a fetal doppler at home to listen to your babys heart beat whenever you want?

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Dr. Mark Pack
Dr. Mark Packanswered
General Surgery 33 years experience
Yes: It is safe. Enjoy your baby!!
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Dr. Shari Schabowski
Dr. Shari Schabowskianswered
Specializes in Emergency Medicine
Doppler: There is no evidence that ultrsound waves or doppler are dangerous for your pregnancy.
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Dr. Brad Goldenberg
Dr. Brad Goldenberganswered
Neonatology 38 years experience
Yes, but best by OB: Anything used in moderation can be considered safe, and with normal use, Doppler is a very safe, non-invasive way to monitor your baby's heartbeat. However, if you are not an expert, the interpretation of what you find is subject to your lack of expertise - don't make yourself a nervous wreck over your baby(fetus)'s health. Ask your OB their opinion on this for a more specific piece of advice
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A 21-year-old member asked:
I am 12 weeks and 5days.today my doctor use a Doppler to listen to the baby's heart.it was only 128.is this ok?i
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A 25-year-old female asked:
At my 16 week appointment,doctor was using fetal doppler to look for baby heart.She took awhile than she said she heard my heartbeat but few seconds later she said she found baby heartbeat at 140bpm.Is it possible she mistaked my heartbeat with baby?
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Hoping you can tell me, is heart fetal doppler safe to use once a week?
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A 32-year-old female asked:
I have a home fetal doppler. I'm almost 33 weeks pregnant. I check the heart beat once every week to two weeks certainly not every day cause I worry if I check to much It will be dangerous. His heart beat goes from 150's to 180s. Is that normal?
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Can a doctor mistake baby's heartbeat with mom's when using a fetal Doppler? Or does that normally not happen. I am 14 weeks & It a took a minute to find my baby's heart rate which was 140bpm?
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Last updated Nov 26, 2015

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