Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 453 Location: Halifax, NS Canada
Baby's Heartbeat Posted: 01-17-07 09:53am
Hi girls,
how long did it take for everyone to
finally hear their baby's heartbeat for
the first time? I am 14.5 weeks today and
we think that we heard it faintly today.
I am extreemly overweight so my doctor
said that it may be a few more weeks until
we get a distict heartbeat sound. I still
have all the symptoms of pregnancy, even
including power puking from smells, so my
doctor is not worried. I try not to
worry, but at the same time I do.
Any suggestions? Or thoughts?
Mary
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Bridget
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Posted: 01-17-07 10:09am
I'm sure if your doctor was concerned he
would've given you an ultrasound.
I got lucky and heard my baby's at 9 weeks
exactly. The doctor told me it was
probably too early and I was overweight so
not to expect to hear it but he'd try and
he found it.
My first pregnancy he tried at 13 weeks
and couldn't find it (and i'm assuming the
size of my uterus didn't feel right to
him) so he sent me for an ultrasound,
which did not end well.
Pregnancy can be nerve wracking so try to
think positively and i'm sure everything
is fine. If your doctor isn't concerned
then you shouldn't be! Just relax and
enjoy your pregnancy. You should be
getting an ultrasound soon anyway, right?
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mayhi
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Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 453 Location: Halifax, NS Canada
Posted: 01-17-07 10:47am
I will get an ultrasound at week 19. They
do not do them here until then unless it
is a high risk pregnancy. My sister had 5
while she was pregnant with her last baby
as my nephew has a heart condition and
they had to make sure that the last baby
didnt either.
So, I have 4 and a half weeks to go before
I will get my ultrasound. Were prettu
sure we heard the baby move today, just
couldnt pick up the heartbeat. We were
getting alot of interference with the
doppler. I told my doctor I must be
having a robot haha. She was really
surprised that we were getting so much
interference. Oh well I will be going
back in 2 weeks and we will go from there.
She could feel my uterus today and said
that it felt fine. So we will see what
happens over the next few weeks.
Thanks for the positive words.
Mary
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Idony
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Posted: 01-17-07 11:39am
We found mine when I was 16 weeks (the
first time my doc tried cause it was my
second appointment, here you dont get your
first appointment until 12 weeks
apparently) we heard it right away...Im
overweight as well
theres lots of reasons it was faint, could
be the way he/she was positioned or the
position of the placenta or s/he was
moving around like crazy....And the list
goes on
please dont take this the wrong way but
youve said many times you are very
overweight and it makes you high risk, how
overweight are you? If you dont wanna
answer thats fine, im just curious and
nosey
~alicia~
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arcadia
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Posted: 01-17-07 14:51pm
I heard .Gabe's heartbeat for the first
time at 10wks. But .I am not overweight
in the slightest, &apparently .I have
a huge healthy porker fetus in there! I
know it's hard, but try to be patient,
.Mary! Some people who are superly skinny
don't hear their baby's heartbeats by
14wks, either! It's tricky to find! As
your baby gets bigger, it'll be a whole
lot easier for your doc to find! I bet
next time you go, you'll hear it loud
&clear.
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mayhi
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Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 453 Location: Halifax, NS Canada
Posted: 01-17-07 17:13pm
Nosey eh?
Lets just say you could easily loose 2 of
me and I would be perfect! I have had
weight issues my entire life, even lost
145 lbs once and I felt terrific and then
I gained it all back plus some. Its not
easy. My goal is to get the weight back
off and keep it off after this baby is
born. I want to be healthy again and
active. It is certainly no fun being
overweight. I was going to aquasize
classes and then I found out I was
pregnant and I had been spotting so I was
told not to do that for awhile, and since
its been miserable here weather wise I
have not gotten back into it again, but
then agian, I am always on the go for
something and I never stop.
Anyways, I am not too worried as my doctor
isn't, but at the same time was wondering
when, if at all I should worry.
Anyways, thanks girls,
mary
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16 And A Mom To Be
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Nov 2006 Posts: 71 Location: Denver, Colorado.
Posted: 01-18-07 10:10am
When I first found out I was pregnant they
saw a slight twitch on the screen which
they believed to be the baby's heart beat
at 7 weeks and 4 days, but they did not
know for sure. Then when I went in for my
sencond appointment it was confimed that
it was the babys heart beat at 11 weeks
and 2 days. But I am not over weight I
stand at about 5'6 1/2 inches and before
my pregnancy I weighed 131 pounds.
Agreeing with the others though I think
that if your doctor was concerned they
would give you an ultrasound to make sure
that everything was ok.
Sorry I cannot be of much help.
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 01-18-07 12:47pm
I had my first scan at 13 weeks and we
could hear a heartbeat but it was quite
faint but today I had an appointment with
my midwife and she used the doppler is it?
I can't remeber what she said it was but
anyway and the heartbeat was really strong
it was so amazing to hear my baby's heart
beating
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