How To Use Your Fetal Doppler

A fetal Doppler is a great way to monitor the health of your baby during pregnancy. The fact is that a lot of mothers stress a lot about how their baby is going, and the regular visit to the doctor just is not enough for them. When it comes to their first pregnancy, there is even more stress involved, and rightfully so. The good news is that there are baby heartbeat monitors available, which are otherwise known as fetal dopplers, that allow you to listen to your babies heart beat whenever you want.

It is very easy to use a baby heartbeat monitor and you just need to make sure that you follow a few simple steps and you will be able to use it with ease.

• The first step is to pull up your shirt and make sure that you have access to your lower stomach area. This is where you need to be able to put the probe in order to hear the baby’s heartbeat, you also might need to pull your pants down a little bit too to get to this area properly.
• Secondly you need to apply the ultrasound gel, which would have come with the package, on top of the probe of the fetal Doppler. This is very important as you need it to transmit the sound waves more effectively. You can always put more if you need, but start with a generous amount anyway.
• Turn the machine on as per the instructions on the package that came with it. Usually it is simply one button that you need to press and your machine will be ready to go for you.
• Now it is time to apply the probe with the gel onto your lower stomach. You need to let it sit in the area just around your belly button in order for you to be able to find the heart rate. You will begin to hear the heart rate, or see it come up on the screen depending on hat kind of model you have. Take your time in order to account for the fact that the baby may have moved, just be patient and move it around slowly until you find the heartbeat. It is very possible that you will not find it right away, but this is ok and is extremely normal. The great news is that you can get fetal Doppler rental, which means that you don’t have to pay for the full machine and can give it back after your pregnancy.