You can get the heartbeat in a number of ways. If you are pregnant, your doctor will often let you listen to your baby’s heartbeat at your appointments. You can either record the audio with your phone using a voice recorder app or just recording a video using your phone’s camera. This can be done when your doctor uses a doppler or during one of your ultrasounds. You can also ask to take a picture of the ultrasound screen when the waveform of the heartbeat is shown, but this is only an option during ultrasounds (not with dopplers as they do not show a waveform). Heartbeats can also be captured by our partnering 3D/4D ultrasound studios listed here.
If you are trying to get a heartbeat of someone already born, the best way is to use a handheld doppler placed on the chest and pointed to the heart by recording the sound with your phone. We can also use EKG print outs and hospital monitor pictures as well.