3 comments

• 

  Jeff

  2 years ago

  We bought one of these a few years ago before we had our son. It's a neat gadget, but really nothing more than a snuggly-looking (as is anything baby-related) microphone, amplifier, and headphones. Really, it was very difficult to hear anything using this device, even into the 3rd trimester. YMMV. A $10 telephone recording mic with the suction cup would probably work as well. (Come to think of it, we might try that next time.)
  
  From a gadget perspective, I'd much rather have one of those hand-held ultrasound audio-only doodads that the OBs and midwives use.. They give you much better (louder, clearer) results, but of course present whatever danger one might ascribe to ultrasound waves being pointed at your unborn.
  reply
• 

  Chris

  2 years ago

  AGREED! We bought one a few years ago when my wife was pregnant. It was the one thing we bought that I felt like a moron for buying 10 minutes after we got it out of the box. It is just a microphone as far as I could tell. Nothing remarkable.
  reply
• 

  Kymme

  1 year ago

  This device is not that bad. With technology today the u/s and Doppler device sure its out dated but its not that bad guys. This is my first pregnancy and I am in my second trimester and can pick up movements and kicks and occasionally the heartbeat but it tells you in the manually it works best after week 28 so what do you expect for 25 bucks? So I can't wait for week 28! If I can already hear things now I cant imagine!!!! It gives as a peace of mind to hear that stuff even if its only a little. My sister passed this on to me she has 5 kids and it has lasted and lasted. And it worked well with her I remember lessening to her last baby at about 30 weeks and could hear the swosh heartbeat just fine. It just takes patience!
  reply