First trimester developmentīy week 4, a distinct blood vessel has formed inside your embryo, which will soon develop into your baby’s heart and circulatory (blood) system. How your baby's heart and circulatory system developįetal heart development starts early on in pregnancy and your baby’s ticker continues to change even after birth as he adjusts from the womb to the world. When can you hear a baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope?īy around week 20 of pregnancy, you can often hear your baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope - about eight to 10 weeks after it’s detectable by Doppler. You could, for example, mistake your own heartbeat for your baby’s. Plus, it can be hard to use an at-home Doppler properly without training. That’s in part because these devices aren’t as sophisticated as the ones that doctors use, so they may not pick up on a baby’s heartbeat - leading to an unnecessary scare. Keep in mind that experts including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warn against using at-home fetal Dopplers unless you’re under the supervision of a medical professional. Your doctor or midwife will place this handheld ultrasound device on your belly to amplify the pitter-patter of the heart. You'll most likely hear your baby’s heartbeat with a Doppler at around the 12 week mark, but you may hear it as early as week 10. When can you hear your baby’s heartbeat with Doppler? At around week 20, it’ll go down to around 140 beats per minute.ĭuring labor, a normal fetal heart rate can span from 110 to 160 beats per minute, although brief variations outside of this range can occur for a variety of (often perfectly normal) reasons. That’s about twice as fast as yours!īy week 9 or 10, your baby’s heart beats about 170 beats per minute - a rate that will slow from here on out. In just two more weeks, the fetal heart rate will rise to 150 to 170 beats a minute. Normal fetal heart rateīy 6 weeks, your baby’s heart is beating 110 times a minute. Chances are, you'll be able to hear your baby's heartbeat then. At your next appointment, your practitioner will check to make sure everything is okay. It likely just means that your shy guy is hiding in the corner of your uterus or has his back facing out, making it hard for the Doppler to find its target. You may hear your baby’s heartbeat for the first time around week 10 of pregnancy if you receive an ultrasound, although the timing can vary a bit.Ĭan’t hear it yet? Don’t worry. The ultrasound will also confirm your estimated due date along with how many babies you're carrying. If you get a first-trimester ultrasound (sometime between weeks 6 and 9 of pregnancy), your practitioner or a trained sonographer will get a visual on your baby to check that his heart is beating.
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