Our nightly routine has changed slightly. Every night before we turn off the light and kiss each other goodnight, we pull out our doppler, put it on my belly and listen to the lub-lub-lub of Smudge’s heart. Then, when we’re done, we put our hands where Smudge is. It’s the best way to end the day.

We got our fetal doppler a couple days ago, and we’ve been having doppler parties ever since. The first night, we tried it out as soon as we got home from work and, once we found Smudge’s very strong and loud heartbeat, we called our parents to let them hear. It was a lot of fun to be able to share that with them.

Later that night, we listened again before bed, and Smudge had moved from the right side to the left. She was on the left again last night too, which makes me wonder if we’re seeing a pattern with her. It’s pretty interesting.

What I love about this doppler is that it has a display of the heartrate which makes it easier to find Smudge since both of our heartbeats sound the same.

It’s quite different than the dopper we tried about a month ago which was circa 1977!

I don’t know if we’ll keep it after our month is up. We don’t *need* it, but it’s definitely fun to have around. We’ll just have to wait and see.