Hearing Vs Seeing babies heartbeat

My last 2 appt's Ive been told that it is now against policy to hear babies heartbeat at u/s. It was beautiful to see my babies heartbeat ticking away but wouldve been great to also hear it. Does anyone know why this is now policy. My u/s were at 6w4d and 13w5d
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[Heather5]

Hmmm! I'm not sure why they would change that... I think they still use the doppler here in the U.S.  

:-)

[shishka]

It is very interesting. I had appointment around 14 weeks and Doctor did U/S and then I asked him about heartbeat and he used doppler to hear it. I also bought doppler myself soI can listen everyday.

[diva_lorri]

maybe its only in australia. i was considering hiring a doppler do you know if they are safe?