heartbeat

Today we went to hear the heartbeat for the first time. At first the doctor kept getting mine, then he found the baby's. i thought i heard it but my own pulse was so loud throughout my body because of my nerves. He said it sounded perfectly normal. i'm a little bummed out because it wasn't like "oh wow, there it is!" It was very quiet and i barely heard it.

How was everbody else's first experience?

omg, the first time i almost cried. it took her no time to find it. and then she found the babys, and mine. it was so cute! you could hear mine, and then the babys. [the babys is a lot faster] i loved it! and then the last time i heard it, it was just a relief lol. i get scared that the doctor wont find it. :[[

well it is still very tiny. its amazing that something so small can have a heartbeat at all. it will get stronger and if your doc is anything like mine you will get to hear it at every appt. i was actually able to see the heartbeat well before i ever heard it. you could see a little ticking on my first ultrasound. its the best experience ever!

Mine was AWESOME although it was a few months ago it rocked.
At my last appt her heart was beating at a healthy 165 B/M  

I rented a digital heart doppler from bellybeats.com last week and LOVE it, i use it every morning and night!!!!!!!!!

 

how many weeks are you? when I was about seven weeks they did a vaginal u/s to check the date. and we heard the heartbeat, it took a while to find, according to the nurse my uterus is "way back there" lol, but once it was there it was strong and steady at I think 170 or 160 beats per minute... I felt like crying I was so happy to know that I was really pregnant and the baby was okay.
at least you heard it, and you know everything is going normally. you'll get to hear it better next time.

I was so happy when I heard his heartbeat for the first time. It was so loud and clear. I couldnt stop smiling throughout the day. That was the day I started picking out baby names lol. I kept saying aww that's my baby. The best part was the doctor didnt expect to hear it so clearly because I shouldnt have heard it so perfectly until I was 12 weeks and I was only 9 weeks.

The first time I heard it my eyes completely watered up. When I left the office I called my husband and I was balling!! I was so overwhelmed with emotions. I wish he could have been there that time, it was awesome. My 20 week sonogram is in a few days and he'll be there for that. I'm hoping we get to hear it together then. I purchased a heartbeat monitor called "BeBe Sounds" in hopes of hearing the heartbeat at home. I can never find it though. I don't know if the think is a piece of crap or if I just suck at using it  

mine was wonderful!!.. she was all "dont expect me to find it! its a little early!! and then she places the thingie on my tummy.. and there it was..... loud and clear... I cried...   and my hubby was stunned hahaha

Quoting BrittneyDawn27:“ how many weeks are you? when I was about seven weeks they did a vaginal u/s to check the date. and we ... [snip!] ... the baby was okay. at least you heard it, and you know everything is going normally. you'll get to hear it better next time.”

i'm 13 weeks. When i told him i couldn't hear it, he pushed down a little harder & that's when i finally heard it.

Quoting vel2n:“ well it is still very tiny. its amazing that something so small can have a heartbeat at all. it will ... [snip!] ... the heartbeat well before i ever heard it. you could see a little ticking on my first ultrasound. its the best experience ever!”

i've already seen the heartbeat twice before this, today was our first time hearing it. Hopefully we'll hear it better next time.