Twenty years ago, the only way a person could determine how their unborn baby was doing was through a hospital visit. Through the use of an ultrasound – that some insurance companies don’t cover in their plan- you could also hear your baby’s heartbeat at home. Hearing the heartbeat of your baby was near impossible unless you made a visit to the doctor and he used ultrasound machines to listen. Baby products have become popular, and continue to develop a following as mothers-to-be realize that they don’t need to visit their obstetrician regularly. Also, with questionable health care costs, parents are looking for other options to monitor their baby’s health.
Another advantage to this monitor is that it can be shared with family members that could not actually go to the doctor visit and hear it for themselves. Living in a culture that prides itself on ‘quick’ service, baby heart monitors have become one of the newest products that boast this ‘quick’ service. Recently, not only baby heart monitors, but also monitors determining the sex of your baby have been very popular among expectant parents. With the wide array of monitors making its way to pharmacy shelves, and even more being invented everyday, heart monitors have been investigated thoroughly. It has been said that baby heart monitors accurately determine the heart rate of the unborn baby.
Fetal Beats Belly Doppler, Bebe Sounds Heart Listener, Sonotrax Basic LCD Fetal Doppler, and Summer Infant Heart to Heart Baby Prenatal Listening System are some of the new baby heart monitors that are on the market. You can also rent one.
The prices range from twenty dollars to one hundred and fifty dollars. To purchase the one that your obstetrician uses, you could pay anywhere from two thousand dollars. Ultrasound lotion applied to the mother’s stomach and ultrasound machine help the sound to travel. When using the heartbeat machine, doctors have advised that if the heartbeat is not between 120 – 160 beats per minute, it may be an indication that something is wrong.
As with any health product that may be inaccurate, many of these manufacturers have stated that you should contact your obstetrician after using the baby heart monitor for extra precaution if you detect an abnormality. Yet, despite the occasional inaccuracy, many are still interested in purchasing these products to have a chance to hear their baby’s heartbeat.
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