The parents and prospective parents of today can begin monitoring their baby as early as 10 to 12 weeks after conception without even going to their obstetrician’s office by purchasing their own baby or fetal heart monitor. In a cursory check on the internet, baby heart monitors are easily found at a variety of suppliers and at a very wide price range.
Large discount retailers sell baby heart monitors for as little as $19.99. These monitors have such features as two headsets to allow listening by both parents to be. They have output connections for recording the sounds. These devises can also be used to hear the baby hiccupping or to record your own heartbeat to soothe your baby after he is born. These low price monitors may not be sensitive enough to detect a baby’s heartbeat until sometime in the second trimester of pregnancy and have conflicting reviews from users. However, for under $100.00, expecting parents can purchase a fetal Doppler monitor which can pick up the heartbeat in the 10 to 12 week range.
If you want to purchase the same type monitors used in your doctor’s office or at the hospital, these too are available for purchase from durable medical equipment suppliers. The cost of these more sophisticated monitors vary, but can readily be found in the $2,500.00 range. These monitors are out of most people’s price range and may be too complicated for home use.
There are durable medical equipment suppliers who will rent baby heart monitors to prospective parents for as little as $25.00 per month for as many months as the parents want. This option may be more cost effective for those prospective parents who want a more sensitive and more reliable heart monitor, but who do not want to purchase the more expensive and complicated baby heart monitors used at the hospital. Units which have been rented and returned may also be purchase in the $300 to $400 range. For parents who have lost babies to miscarriages, this option may be just what they need for peace of mind.
Baby heart monitors are available in department stores and from durable medical equipment suppliers. Depending on your motivation and your budget, you can easily find a baby heart monitor for use at home during your pregnancy.
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One thing that is absolutely necessary when you have a baby in your house is a baby monitor. With the advancement in technology, baby monitors have also undergone changes in their size, shape, ease of use, and most importantly, the additional features incorporated in them. These attributes include:
- Video Monitoring
- Socket-less or Wireless Transmission
- Talk-Back Facility
The best thing that bears testimony to the conveniences of modern life is the baby video monitor. These devices are a step ahead of traditional audio-only monitors since they come with a video camera which can be fixed on to the baby’s crib. Baby monitors also come with dual handheld receivers, one for each parent, with a LCD display or provision to connect the device to your television so that you can actually see what your baby is doing. However, while purchasing any video monitor, one should always make sure if it has been appropriately protected using an encryption technique. Otherwise anybody can tune in into your device!
Modern baby video monitors come with built-in DECT technology that allows you to talk-back and soothe your baby without leaving the sofa in your living room. Besides, most of the recent releases in the market are based on wireless technology which implies that the scope of using your baby monitor is not restricted to a particular room. This also means that once the device is fully charged, which can be known by looking at the battery-level indicator, you can use it from anywhere within a particular area.
The sophisticated baby video monitors may cost up to $250, though you definitely can get a reasonable good one for a cost as low as $150. Now, isn’t that just great?
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