Prenatal Heart Listener???

Question

im so dissappointed,this thing doesnt work unless, im doing it wrong?(my friends ahve bought this one also and it was c**p they said)anyone else had issues with BeBe Sounds prenatal heart listeners unisar it was only about $20.I have read bad reviews on it,is there anyway i can get it to work better?thanks to all,p.s. its a hand me down

Answer 1

i didnt work for me

Answer 2

i didnt try that one. I heard those werent worth it. I did get one from ebay and i rented one from heartbeats.com or something. It worked real well! I heard the heartbeat from 9 weeks

Answer 3

I have it and love it. I saw all the bad reviews as well and I just thought maybe they were not patient enough or not far along enough. It says on the box to do it 4-5 hours after eating, be patient and you should only try to do it early in your 3rd trimester. Even if you are doing all those things it still may not work. Also, the fact that it is a hand me down may be why...who knows for sure why it works for some and not others?

EDIT: 25 weeks still puts you in your 2nd trimester, like it says on the box, you need to be in your 3rd trimester. Yes, that is too early.

Answer 4

Those don't work unless you are in your third trimester.

Answer 5

actually, the box tells you it doesn't sound like in the doctors office- b/c it isn't the same type of machine. I thought it was junk too, until I found out what the noises I was hearing were.... the list goes:

sounds like two thump- hiccup, one thump- baby moving, like a horse running- baby's heart, and the whooshing sounds? the fluids. it's like an electronic stehtescope.

before giving up on it, try watching during an ultrasound just where they place it to see the heart. I was listening to the wrong side of my belly at first!

and if you still can't hear it... well, maybe it just doesn't work for you. a lot of ppl buy these expecting instant and doctor like results, but the packaging itself tells you it will be different.

also you can use it to record your heartbeat, which is a good thing to have for the baby- it helped my son relax every night.

EDIT: oh and I am now 20 weeks with my second, and have no problem finding the baby's heartbeat, so it works for some in the 2nd trimester, and for some they just need to be patient for thier 3rd.

Answer 6

unfortunatly nowadys nothing for 20 dollars works....   :(