Tips for using doppler.

doeie04

I got my doppler in the mail today, but am having a hard time finding baby. I know it is early.

I have a few things happening:

~ I get the double beat from the arteries a couple inches from both my hips. How am I supposed to know I am not picking that up when I tilt the probe around, holding it in one spot?

~ I hear my heartbeat in an area that I feel is way too large to be the placenta or uterus. I am pushing fairly hard since I am early, am I picking up other arteries that are more towards the back of my abdomen?

~ The closest thing I found to baby was a beat of about 122 while in the middle of my abdomen about an inch or two above my pubic bone, but that is too slow to be baby, right?

Anyone have great tips for finding baby? I tried a full bladder (man that sucked, and it was very hard to be patient and move slow. haha) and going to different sides of a small area.

PS~ I have watched a lot of YouTube videos.