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Listening to Your Heart. Your doctor will use a stethoscope to hear your heartbeat. The opening and closing of your heart's valves make a lub dub noise. The doctor can check your heart and valve health and hear your heart's rate and rhythm by listening to those sounds.
Listening to your baby's heartbeat can be comforting for many pregnant couples. Your doctor or midwife has a variety of tools that they can use at various points in pregnancy. Sometimes you may want to try to listen to your baby between prenatal care visits.