When I first became pregnant, I remember the excitement I felt when my doctor did my ultrasound and I heard my baby’s heartbeat the very first time in that room! It wasRead More…
Oral care during Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a life altering experience for the parents especially the mother. A mother has to go through a lot both emotionally and physically during the 9 months of pregnancy before sheRead More…
Featured product of the month- Baby Sound fetal dopplers
There are a plethora of fetal dopplers out there in the market readily available to expecting parents. Fetal dopplers are great devices which help you connect with your baby at a deeperRead More…
The debate about drinking coffee during pregnancy- Should you or should you not?
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Gestational Diabetes: Implications on the mother and the baby
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Everything to know about Fetal Dopplers- part 2
In my previous post, I wrote about my experience as a normal, worrying expecting mother and the discovery of this device called fetal doppler which helped me bond with my growing baby.Read More…
Foods to avoid during Pregnancy
During pregnancy, parents keep an extra care and precaution about anything that might harm their baby. Many a times this thought has worried me that whether the food that I am eatingRead More…
Everything to know about Fetal Dopplers
From the moment of the first positive pregnancy test, both mother and father are filled with exhilaration and excitement. I too felt elated after finding out that I was pregnant but afterRead More…
Do’s and Don’ts during pregnancy
As your pregnancy progresses, there are various things that you should keep in mind for a safe and healthy pregnancy. Your doctor is the best person to guide you on various thingsRead More…
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.