Baby Sounds and Movement

Seems like Devon reacts quite firmly to loud sounds. For example, yesterday Popcorn Mama and myself managed to catch the Dark Knight. Devon was very quiet prior to the movie screening. Once the movie started with the gunshots and fistfights, Devon began his squirming and kicking. The same thing happened when we watched other movies.

Another interesting thing we tried to accomplish over the last few weeks is to record the heartbeat sounds of Devon (albeit unsuccessfully) using the Bebe sounds (as seen below)



We, being the excited first-time parents, bought this device when Popcorn Mama was still in her first trimester. Obviously when we tried using it, only thing we heard was the pops and crackles of Popcorn Mama's stomach. We were disappointed and discarded it as a bad buy.

However, we decided to try it again a couple of weeks ago (Popcorn Mama is in her third trimester) and we managed to detect some heartbeat sounds, similar to the ones we heard during the detailed scan at KK Hospital. It took us quite some time to hunt for the sounds as the "sweet spot" is very small: 1cm away and you get a drastic drop in volume. A couple of times we managed to hear Devon's heartbeat clearly.

Last week, we remembered that this machine had a microphone jack out, and could be plugged into our laptop for recording purposes. We tried to record the sounds but Devon seemed to be lying in a different position, which made it difficult for us to locate his heartbeats. We will continue to try out best to record the sounds and maybe post it here for you to hear!

~ Popcorn Papa