Doppler Advice

Hi everyone, I’ve just ordered this to arrive tomorrow. Any tips or advice welcome as I’ve heard some people listen to their own heartbeat rather than the babies. I am 16wks. Tia

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I’m saying this as someone who practiced as a midwife. Please ONLY use this for fun. If there are ANY doubts about your baby, from movements, to just your gut feeling, call triage and get checked out. As you mentioned it’s very easy to detect maternal pulse, not fetal heartbeat and as a consequence, people feel falsely reassured.
If I had my way I’d have them banned. 😬.
A tip for listening is to take your pulse rate at the same time/just before, so you can see the difference. Baby’s HR will be faster than yours.

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