Graco baby monitor: Graco Bebe Sounds Prenatal Heart Listener

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Product Details

Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 3 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN: B004NSPFRI
UPC: 047406107100
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 3,920 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
56 inBaby Safety Monitors

Price : $34.99

Product Description

Graco Bebe Sounds Prenatal Heart Listener
Place the BebeSounds Prenatal Heart Listener on your stomach and listen to the wonderful sounds of your baby, months before birth, in the privacy of your own home! The monitor amplifies the natural sounds of your baby so you can hear kicks, hiccups, and the precious sounds of your baby's heartbeat. You can also record your own heartbeat and play it to soothe your newborn. It's safe for you and your baby because it doesn't use an AC current, ultrasound or radio waves. It includes 1 BebeSounds Prenatal Heart Listener, 1 headset, 1 recording cable, and instructions in Spanish and English.
Uses one 9 volt battery. Not included.

Product Features

Uses one 9 volt battery. Not included.

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Customer Reviews

This is a nifty little gadget. It is NOT A DOPPLER; it does not use any kind of radio waves or anything to pick up sound, as the machinery at the doctor's office does. The instruction manual plainly states that.
With that said, it is quite fun to use. It is a battery operated microphone, basically. It has a hollow "cone" on the bottom which you place against your stomach (think of putting a cup against a wall and trying to listen in on some secret conversation in the next room) and holes for two sets of earphones (included!) for listening. You will have to wait until you are further along to hear things, as it states in the manual, because it IS just an amplifying device.
It does state in the manual numerous times that it is pretty rare to hear the baby's actual heartbeat. . . They have to be in a certain position, and you have to place the monitor in a certain position, etc. but I enjoy just listening to the "thumps" from the baby moving around. You can also hear all the fluid sounds and tummy bubbles (just like your baby does).
If you have a regular old stethoscope already, I would skip buying this. It really is only a battery operated stethoscope. The sounds are the same thing you would hear using one of those. The only plus side vs a stethoscope is if your partner is super involved, you can both listen to this at the same time.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY GEL for this, it is not an ultrasound. It does not use any kind of jelly or anything crazy, it is just a sound amplifier.

I've read the negative reviews for this product and the "Danger" warnings. I don't agree with them at all! Here's my 2-cents:
I bought this product and saw the warning to "wash your hands after using" this device because of it being made from materials that "may cause cancer or birth defects". That is a "legal" warning they must put on the box to protect the company. I've seen similar on other plastic products that I've used before quite safely. It sounds WAY more dire than it should, but doesn't everything when lawyers get involved? LOL It does NOT mean that the moment you turn on this glorified stethoscope and place it on your tummy, it's going to somehow cause your unborn child to suddenly develop complications. It's a LISTENING device, which is no different than a stethoscope or those ear bud sound amplifiers you stick in your ear...within close proxity to your brain. There's no "gamma rays" or radiation or radio waves being broadcast into your womb. But if you're concerned, simply wash your hands and don't stick your fingers in your mouth before you do. Seriously, that's all you need do.
The reality is this device is a very basic, battery-powered stethoscope recommended for use only during 3rd trimester because that's when the baby is big enough to make the kind of noise this device can pick up. It does work and is safe, but it's not a hospital-grade ultrasound. No gel required, but that means that you shouldn't expect what you will hear with this device to be of the same caliber as what you hear while at the OB/Gyn's office.
I'm in my third trimester (27th week at the moment) and use this "prenatal listener" at home and while at work in an office setting. If the little one is sleeping, I don't hear much at all. But if the baby is very active, the pops and thumps are quite clear. Also, on rarer occasions I have heard the faint swoosh-swoosh-swoosh of his heart beat. It's rare because I must have the device positioned in just the right spot and the baby has to be turned just right for it to be clear.
The thing I like most about this device is that with the two sets of ear buds, it has given my husband and I many chances to bond while listening to the soft sounds (thuds, thumps, and pops) our baby makes. It's not quite as beautiful as that moment when you first hear your child cry after delivery, but it's still worth treasuring the time together. And, yes, it was also quite funny to watch it bounce on my tummy when our little boy became a practicing gymnast in there! LOL
Lastly, I only paid $25 for this product, so anything above that (to me) would price gouging.