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A little disappointed by the 16 weeks appointment 🙃

Was told by midwife we would listen to the heartbeat at 16 weeks and that it would be a nice appointment to bring my little one along. Told my little one about it and she was super excited and only to find out they stopped checking heartbeats at 16 weeks just a few weeks ago! 🙃 my little one luckily didn’t react to it when she told us in the appointment but the second we got to the car, she was very upset because she wanted to hear the baby’s heartbeat!!

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This is disappointing, I had my appt last week and heard the heartbeat, the midwife was so nice. I wonder if it's just some trusts that have stopped.

You can buy dopplers if you want to hear it but the NHS are very clear that it should not be used as a way to check on the wellbeing of the baby or in lieu of contacting a midwife.

i’m from the uk and i had my 16 week midwife appointment last week, i got to hear my baby’s heartbeat

I also had my appt last week and midwife checked heartbeat before she did anything else and let me record it. I’ve not heard of them stopping checking the heartbeat. It also puts your mind at ease for some people that may be more anxious.

Probably best avoided then actually. I've never been tempted to have one, just wait for scans.

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