bit of help with heartbeats please!!

[LittleManda]

hiya.. anyone help?

i'm 16 weeks pregnant..

i had my 1st scan at 9 weeks 1 day, and another scan at 11 weeks 1 day (we went private for the 2nd scan because my partner wanted to come)

at my 1st scan they took a long time to see how many babies there was as they couldnt see the top of my uterus.. at my 2nd scan they said there was 1 baby..

i bought a doppler which was just over £100 (so wasnt cheap) and there is a heartbeat on the left hand side of me, which is roughly around 160..

however, there is also another heartbeat on the opposite side of me, which is in the 80's - 90's..

is it possible they have missed twins at 2 scans? or could this lower heart rate be from the same baby.. its on the same line as the other beat but at the opposite side?

 

[Chopsie]

The lower one (80-90) is your own heartbeat - you have a main artery down there which is why you can hear it so clearly. I could only find my own at the first few attempts with my doppler! Foetal heart rates are about twice that of adults, so if it *was* another baby, it would much much faster.

 

[LittleManda]

aww thank youuu..

i did wonder about that because it was always in the same place haha