Ok, before I get bombarded with posts about how doppler is worse than US and all of that, let me just say that I have done my research and we have decided that to quell my anxieties, we will use the doppler after 12- 22 weeks once a week, only on the weeks that we do not have a doctors appointment. Hopefully, at 22 weeks we will be able to hear with a fetascope. If not, we will probably continue to try with the fetascope but use the doppler until we can hear it with the fetascope.
So, my question is this: Does anyone know the difference between an obstetrical probe and a vascular probe? Here is the doppler Im thinking of buying, and it seems for $10 more I can get the 8 mhz vascular probe. http://www.fetaldoppler.net/sonoline-b.html
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When looking online, it seems to me that a vascular probe picks up the heartbeat by measuring the movement of the red blood cells. Any ideas on if it safer? Does anyone know if it works as well (because I really want use it for less than a minute, so I dont want it to take longer, just because it uses a different method unless that method is somehow better or safer.)
TIA!
So, my question is this: Does anyone know the difference between an obstetrical probe and a vascular probe? Here is the doppler Im thinking of buying, and it seems for $10 more I can get the 8 mhz vascular probe. http://www.fetaldoppler.net/sonoline-b.html
n
When looking online, it seems to me that a vascular probe picks up the heartbeat by measuring the movement of the red blood cells. Any ideas on if it safer? Does anyone know if it works as well (because I really want use it for less than a minute, so I dont want it to take longer, just because it uses a different method unless that method is somehow better or safer.)
TIA!
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