When Can You Hear Your Baby’s Heartbeat?

As exciting as pregnancy is, it may also come with some worry. In those early weeks of pregnancy, you may find yourself biting your nails while waiting to hear your baby’s heartbeat for the first time.

After getting that positive pregnancy test, hearing your baby’s heartbeat is the next huge milestone of pregnancy. Some pregnant folks even choose to wait to announce their pregnancy until they hear a heartbeat. If you are choosing to do this, that wait may be even more agonizing.

Some common questions many new moms / birthing folks have:

“When does a baby have a heartbeat?”
“Can you hear a heartbeat at 6 weeks?”
“When can you hear a fetal heartbeat?”

Motherboard is here to answer all of your questions in one place!

What Not to Eat When Pregnant: 7 Foods to Avoid

While pregnant, we want to make sure we're getting good quality nutrients and taking our vitamins. We snack on nuts and fruit instead of chips and dip and we add some extra spinach to our smoothies.

Being cognizant of the foods you are putting into your body while pregnant is super important!

Just like there are some foods we should eat more of while pregnant, there are also some foods and drinks we should consume sparingly or totally avoid while pregnant.

The Ultimate Guide To Creating A Birth Plan

This post is the ultimate guide for expecting parents who are interested in creating a birth plan. It explains what a birth plan is, why you should create one, how to make a birth plan, and also includes templates and examples for your own birth plan outline.

The Ultimate Hospital Bag Checklist for Mom and Baby (2022)

Do you have a lengthy list in the notes section of your phone? No list at all?

We’ve created the ultimate hospital bag checklist for mom, baby, birthing folks, and partners and we’re going to share it with you!

Can You Dye Your Hair While Pregnant?

Can’t eat sushi, no lunch meat, no roller coasters, and no alcohol.

Your belly is growing, your boobs are huge, your feet are swelling, and the stretch marks are starting to form on your hips.

As if there aren't enough restrictions and bodily changes that happen while pregnant, now you’re not sure if you can pamper yourself!

So, can you dye your hair while pregnant? We answer all that and more in this post.

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When Can You Start Feeling Your Baby Move?

Once you get that positive pregnancy test, you’ll start looking forward to a bunch of different milestones. “When will I be able to hear the heartbeat?” “Is my baby a boy or girl?” “When will I have a baby bump?”

One of those huge milestones is being able to feel your baby move inside of you for the first time.

So, when do you start feeling the baby move around? We discuss all of that and more in this post.