Last night we managed to hear the heartbeat of junior at home with a normal stetoscope!
Both the doctor and the communal midwife use special pregnancy ones to be sure to find it. We tried using a normal one around week 12, but all we could hear then was my intestines and stomach sounds, not very inspiring..
The expecting dad tried first, but couldn't find it. I had a better feel at how he was positioned and hit the jackpot immediately! The feeling was almost as great as the first time we heard it at the midwife's, and we both got to hear it. Unfortunately it didn't last long though, as he moved away from the front of the womb, and there was just silence again.
I didn't get to check the heart rate, but the health professional amongst us said that it was definitely a 140 beats per second.
