Has anyone tried a Doppler ultrasound?

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So I had a miscarriage before and I’m sort of anxious and nervous for my second pregnancy. I’m hoping a doppler ultrasound will help ease my anxiety. Plus how cool would it be to hear my baby like all the time!!? 😂😂🌈❤️ Has anyone used a Doppler and has it helped you???

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I am anti-home doppler. It can cause more stress if you don’t hear anything (because you can’t find it, not because it’s not there). Also because of the soundwave technology, you also can’t be using it all the time. I don’t think it’s healthy for the baby. I enjoy listening to it at my doctor’s appointments and that’s enough for me. Just because technology and equipment is there for us to use, doesn’t mean we need to.

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My coworker who has miscarried 3 times strongly recommended a doppler. She saif it really put her at ease until she was able to feel kicks. I found a pretty decent one for about $70 CAD. 
There are a lot of articles online cautioning against their use due to two main concerns. The first is that dopplers and ultrasounds use radio waves so there is a concern to many scans may "heat up" the baby. That being said the research and hard proof around that is rather lacking. I also had scans 3 days in a row last week between doctors and ultradounds and baby is totally fine. No medical professional was concerned about scanning multiple days in a row. 
The second concern is because it is a piece of medical equipment it doesn't akways work especially early on and if not properly used. Because of that women can scan, not find anything, get concerned, and cause unnecessary medical appointments to follow up. My response to that is this; I got mine at 9 weeks and while it took a while I did find baby. Week 10 I tried twice with no luck. But I didn't worry because I knew it was early and wasn't necessarily going to find baby. Since 11 weeks I have been able to find baby no problem and have been scanning about once a week.
Hopefully this helps. Personally I am glad I bought mine and will make sure to gift it to someone else when I am done having kids. xoxo

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I used one my whole pregnancy and loved it, if I didn’t feel her move I’d get the Doppler out and find her heart beat.

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I’ve been debating getting one for when I get pregnant again after just suffering a miscarriage at 10 wks. I did some research on the Sonoline B. You buy from their website. The reviews seem to be good. Also would be nervous if I don’t hear anything, but people say to watch the YouTube videos for tutorials on how to use it.

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I bought one but never found baby which was becuz I lost it at 8wks and didn’t know 😔 I knew before 12 weeks the Dr says it’s still hard to find so I didn’t worry but when we get pregnant again I’m not gonna use it until after 12wks. If I try finding it sooner and don’t hear it then I know I’ll freak out.

Has anyone tried a Doppler ultrasound?

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