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mrs frantic 
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 1:54pm |
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I have heard babys heartbeat with my midwife with a doppler machine, but when i went for my scan at 13 weeks there was no sound for teh heartbeat. i could see the heart beating and stuff, and it was all fine, but I was looking foward to hearing the heartbeat and now I am just wondering, do you usually hear teh heartbeat at the scan? Do you think the sound on my machine was just turned down? Cos my husband was at the scan and I was really keen for him to hear teh heartbeat but obviously he didnt and I am wondering if at the next scan I shoudl ask the lady to put on the sound? Or is it possible that there is no sound with some machines???
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 2:03pm |
I think they can turn the sound up and down....we saw ours and then she flicked something so we could hear it. 
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 2:16pm |
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i've never heard the heartbeat at any of my scans, only on a doppler or moniter. i guess maybe they just do it if you ask?
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 2:35pm |
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I never heard the heartbeat during any of the scans I had for my 2... maybe it differs from place to place?
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 2:48pm |
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i have heard the heartbeat at some scans and not others, they all have a button to push or turn, and i just ask to hear it.
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 2:58pm |
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You must have to ask. Usually the scans are silent.
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 3:23pm |
I asked at my last scan and they said their machines didn't have that facility (and they were meant to be the best in Auckland!!!) I didn't ask at my previous scans though. My midwife said I could pop in anytime to have a quick listen so maybe call in with hubby one day so he can hear it 
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 4:29pm |
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Hi Frantic,
We had our 1st scan this morning. (as you know from NZWP..)
Anyway, the lady asked us if we knew what to expect, and DH said that he was hoping to hear the heartbeat. The lady said that scans are purely visual, and dont have a sound feature, so although we would see the heart flickering away, we couldnt hear it...
Although, by some of the comments above, some machines have the sound facility, but ours didnt.
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 5:00pm |
Kelly, where was your scan in Aucks? I hate to say this because I'm really not usually such a potty mouth, but I reckon some places telling you they don't have sound is bollocks !  Not sure about other places though, but all the ones I've been to have had it (sound) - definitely had to ask though (and all my scans, 4 in total, were at different places).
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 5:36pm |
We heard our babies heartbeat at the dating scan for 8 weeks but not the big scan at 18 weeks. Was at the same place, i guess unless you ask you never know
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 7:09pm |
i had to ask and they were more then happy
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 8:15am |
Jax - I had my scan at Ascot Radiology You would think they would have had that feature as they are bl00dy expensive!!
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 8:33am |
Kelly, they played us the sound there so I don't know what the problem was !  And Ascot is a bit expensive if you don't have a referral, but I normally find their services very good - have been through other departments for a few other things and was quite pleased. My dating scan that put us at just shy of 7wks was there, my next one was at 13wks in Canada, anatomy scan at 19.5wks was at Auckland X-ray, and the last one was at Mercy Radiology.
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 10:30am |
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The woman who did our scan was really nice and afterwards she found out that the DVD didn't work so she took us back in and redid the whole thing!! She even did a 4D scan for free aswell so I'm surprised she didn't let us hear the heartbeat! The first two scans I had only cost me $25.00 each and for my anatomy scan, the place I'm going to is free with a free video!!
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 11:26am |
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we dont get video or 3d here which sucks just the normal old scan
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 12:27pm |
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WOW $25! My scan was in Nemarket and it was $95 with the midwifes referral!!!!! hmmmm well i will definatley ask at my next scan for the sound, i hope we can hear it cos i si way cooler to hear than see i reckon - it just feels more real to me...?!?!
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 12:41pm |
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Yeh my scans were $25 but for the anatomy scan etc was free with a free video etc
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 1:17pm |
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Mrs Frantic, where on earth did you go ????
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 1:46pm |
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I have never heard the heartbeat at the scans.
Only with the midwife with her little doppler thingy!!!
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 3:21pm |
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I've never heard the heartbeat on u/s either, have had three scans with these bubs so far, the first was free at Auck hospital and the last two were $25 a pop at Ak Radiology.
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