Anyone Rental a Heartbeat Monitor? Posted: 10-12-05 18:12pm
I thinking of renting one of those
heartbeat monitors so my wife and I can
listen to the baby's heartbeat for the
next few months. Has anyone here done
that before? Any suggestions on good
online companies to rent from?
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mia7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 378
Posted: 10-12-05 18:53pm
I was thinking of doing a little research
on that. My cousin told me that there is
something you can buy for cheap in the
baby section of toys r us and some baby
stores. She says i'll be able to hear the
heartbeat and it's cheap so i'll be
sending my fiancee out soon to see if he
can find one.
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gav0328
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 48
Posted: 10-13-05 19:36pm
Yeah, I know what you mean. They're not
worth buying it though coz you really cant
hear it esp. If in the early weeks of
pregnancy. I was planning on buying one
before but after some further background
research, we ended up renting the "baby
beat" fetal monitor. You have a choice
either you wanna buy or rent it. We
rented it ($21/month) and it works. We
had it since I was 8 weeks on my
pregnancy. They give you a free tube of
lubricant so you're all set.
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OaTmEaLfAiRy
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 192 Location: Iowa
Monitor Posted: 10-14-05 00:01am
I think they have the same one from toys
'r' us that they do at wal-mart, the nurse
at the doctor's office said it's not very
good quality but that maybe we could hear
a "whoosh, whoosh" from the baby (at 4 or
5 weeks) but the doctor shot that down
real quick.
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lumo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 10
Posted: 10-14-05 21:33pm
I rented a doppler from www.Babybeat.Com and
it worked really well. I used it from
12-16 weeks, so I could check in on my
baby before I felt him move all the time.
I believe it cost $24 and included a small
tube of gel (enough for about one month)
and included shipping to me & back to
them.
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Re: Monitor Posted: 10-16-05 13:49pm
oatmealfairy
wrote:
i think they have the same
one from toys 'r' us that they do at
wal-mart, the nurse at the doctor's office
said it's not very good quality but that
maybe we could hear a "whoosh, whoosh"
from the baby (at 4 or 5 weeks) but the
doctor shot that down real
quick.
on the product is says you can hear late
2nd trimester. You can hear the thumps
quite well, but heartbeat is still hard to
find. All though I have found it a
number of times. I think I even heard
the whoosh of the imbilical cord one time.
I am 16.1 weeks preg.
