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.
