Hi Clover.
Will just tell you my experiences of using a Doppler.
I got one on advice of someone who had also been highly anxious in pregnancy. Not saying you are, but just my experience!
I have maybe heard it once.
Maybe.
I had a scare the other day (when exactly 16 weeks) and had dark brown discharge/blood for a couple of hours, then stopped. Hospital wouldn't give me a scan, despite back ache or reassurance so my midwife came round and said she'd listen to heartbeat. I was panicking as I couldn't find it at all. She put her Doppler straight on and said, "It might take a while, so please don't worry." As soon as she put it on, out it came, strong and fast.
My DH told her I had a Doppler and she was very 'cross' and told me I was naughty! (In the nicest way!) She said NICE and the NHS do not recommend them. She said that professionals know what they are looking for and we don't! It can give us false hope or make us panic beyond measure.
Babies move about all the time and can be very hard to 'find' as our 12 weeks scan showed us! To get any sort of good picture, and for sonographer to be able to look at everything she needed to, I was having to put myself in all sorts of positions because it was all over the place.
I also heard that earliest you can hear is 10 weeks, but obviously people have different stories. Packaging says you can't hear until 14 weeks, but I couldn't hear it even after that.
I am sorry to go on and don't want to preach, but I know that it's caused me anxiety and wouldn't want you to go through the same thing, especially knowing how much you want this and for how long you've been trying.
If it works for you, go for it... Good luck. Would love to hear about when you find hb with it!
I definitely think 6+2 is too early to hear btw. My MW is going to listen again on Friday for hb just for my peace of mind, but she refused until 16 weeks
Might be worth talking to MW about what she thinks about it
Xxxx
