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2 heartbeats?
I am 14 weeks and 4 days pregnant with my 2nd. From the begining the dr said my uterus was very large for dates. Today it should be about 2 inches below my belly button and it is and 1&1/2 inches above. Ultrasound at 7 weeks showed only 1 embryo. We have since rented a home doppler and swear that every time we listen we hear 2 heartbeats. We always find one right above my belly button, you can hear the baby move hear as well and the hb is usually 160-170. The 2nd hb is usually down above my pubic bone and between 140-150, movement heard hear too. Is it possible that its twins or am I hearing an echo. I also have been feeling movement for about 2 weeks, not strong, but enough to let me know someones there. I don't have an ultrasound for another 3-4 weeks. What do you think.
You may be hearing your own heartbeat too. While working at an ObGyn office where we had NST machines, all moms carrying multiples had to be sent to the hospital for their NST's because our machine was only equiped to monitor one fetus. The U/S would be a more difinitive way to determine multiples. NOT that it isn't possible that they missed one in the early U/S, but I wouldn't bank on the At Home Doppler. Now if you have two dopplers going at the same time and get two seperate heartbeats that are considerably faster than your own pulse, then that would be a bit more concise.
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It sounds promising, since the numbers differ. The only other thing it might be is that with a good doppler you can hear the heart separately from the umbilicus. The umbilicus has as firm a pulse as the heart, but a slightly more "swish swish swish" or "whew! whew! whew!" sound to it. (My doctor pointed this out in our earliest ultrasound, so I am not making it up, LOL.)
I not really sure but it does sound like maybe twins. Well when you go in for your next ultrasound you'll know for sure .:)Good Luck.
The firs time my doc. tried to listen to my little ones heart beat I thougt I heard it it was a whow, whow, whow noise and he said no thats the blood flow to your utrus. I can feel it if I push my fingers into my belly about a inch bellow my belly button. Or it could be 2!
I don't really know but I hope its TWINS. I mean you are getting two different heartbeats in two different spots. I think maybe twins. What does your doctor say?
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