Ive been listening on n off for about 9-10 weeks theres a huge difference between the babys heart beat and the placenta the placenta is a lot slower and has a sort of wooshing / wind sound with it and pretty sure the placenta cant kick the doppler lol. The best thing i find to do is to find you own heart beat then the placenta and lastly the babys heart beat. I don't use it for reassurance never have i use it more for fun and a way to connect and as i said in the post only use it occasionally now as the novelty wore off

@tattooed Not to put a downer on things but just be careful with those as my midwife said sometimes you can be listening to your own heartbeat through the placenta and not actually the baby. Some women get obsessed with them and use them as reassurance for a heartbeat but they may be listening to their own. But other than that congratulations! It's so exciting isn't it, wait until you feel movement it's the best feeling ever xxx