Fetal heartbeat: find out when you can feel the heart of your little one

Listen to the heartbeat of the fetus during pregnancy is one of the most exciting moments. Wondering when you begin to feel it? During the fifth week of pregnancy she begins to form the heart of the fetus, and begin the first heartbeat. But it is only the sixth week that you can begin to hear the fetal heartbeat during an ultrasound control or through a device, called Doppler, which amplifies the sound. Between week 18 and week 20 the heart of the small beats so strong that you can listen to with a simple stethoscope placed on her belly.

Even before you hear him move, listen to his little heart beating it is the first contact of the parents with their child. Therefore it is recommended that the first gynecological checkups assist also the father to share the excitement of the moment.

I can hear the fetal heartbeat at home?
Technically it is possible thanks to a device doppler domestic sales in most stores supplied childcare articles. Many experts, however, advise against this practice because, as they are simple to use, it takes a little 'practice to correctly position the doppler and frustrated the expectation of being able to listen to the fetal heartbeat can lead to unnecessary stress in parents.
Lately they have also created applications for the phone to listen to the fetal heart: just bring the phone in airplane mode to mommy's tummy to feel like the little heart beats of the baby.
In any case, if you're not sure I can stay calm in case I could not feel the beat clearly, reserve the emotion of this moment for you when the prenatal checkup. The gynecologist, in fact, among the routine checks hear the fetal heartbeat measuring speed and intensity and to assess so if everything goes as planned.
How must the fetal heartbeat to be normal?Most mothers likens the fetal heartbeat of their child to ride a herd of horses galloping.This is because the heart of the small beats much faster than that of an adult, usually between 120 and 160 beats per minute. Not to worry so if at first listen you might seem that beats too fast, will the ear expert doctor to know if everything is normal.
We can understand if we wait for the twins simply listening to the fetal heart beat?Although the little heart beats so fast that it seems more than one, even when it really is not so, the gynecologist is able to distinguish a heartbeat from one single multiple.In any case simply an ultrasound to determine with certainty if we wait twins.If you have a week 12 and does not yet feel the beat I have to worry?Depending on the position of the fetus is not always possible to feel his little heart beats. Not to worry, though: if your gynecologist does not recommend a more accurate to say that everything is normal and that the baby is fine.