Omg! I just realized you live in Irmo... I went to Dutch fork for a short period but my mom still lives in irmo in heather stone.

Its perfectly safe to use the doppler. It's just sound waves bouncing off the baby. The reason Dr's recommend you don't do it is because it's meant to be used by professionals who have been trained to know what they are hearing and you can stress yourself out for no reason. You literally gave to be right on top of the heart to hear anything. Just leave it to the drs

@jydouglas, Oh wow 😳

Don't do it all the time... it's not good for the baby. But I definitely understand your concern. I wanted to do the same thing but I just tried to worry myself.