24Feb/21
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14 Fun Things to Do with a Fetal Heartbeat Monitor

Fetal dopplers allow you to hear your baby’s heartbeat, but they can do a lot more too. Although fetal heartbeat monitors help you monitor your baby’s health, you can use them forRead More…

08Jun/19
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How Long Does it Usually Take to Get Pregnant?

From the moment you and your partner decided to start trying, you’ve been anticipating that missed period and a positive pregnancy test. But no success yet. With almost half of U.S. pregnanciesRead More…

24Oct/18
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When Is Your Baby’s First Heartbeat? (+ Hear It From Home)

When Is Your Baby’s First Heartbeat? (+ Hear It From Home) If you’re reading this post, it’s probably because you recently found out you’re pregnant, so congrats! One of the first andRead More…

20Jun/18
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10 Need-To-Read Myths and Facts About Pregnancy Over Age 35

10 Need-To-Read Myths and Facts About Pregnancy Over Age 35 If you’re having your first child over age 35, you’re far from alone. Just 15 years ago, the average for a woman’sRead More…

02Aug/17
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Baby Doppler – Wives’ Tales about Baby Gender

7 Old Wives’ Tales About Baby Gender You can figure out your baby’s gender about 18 to 20 weeks into your pregnancy, but who wants to wait that long!? If you’re excitedRead More…

08Oct/15
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How does a fetal doppler work

Fetal doppler or fetal heart rate monitor is a handheld device which is used to listen to the baby’s heartbeat inside the womb of the mother. Fetal doppler works on the principle of Doppler effect, discovered in 1842 by a famous Austrian mathematician and physicist Christian Doppler (1803-53). Doppler discovered that when high-frequency sound waves are reflected from a moving object, their frequency change and this can be analysed.