Bebe Sounds prenatal gift set

by BébéSounds

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• ASIN: B000056JHM
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (265 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,519 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 10, 2006

Product Description

Editorial Review

The Bebe Sounds Monitor is designed to allow you to listen to your developing baby's heartbeat--just place the unit on your belly and use the headset. Using your own tape recorder and the recording cable, you can record your "womb sounds" or your own heartbeat to calm your newborn after birth. Unfortunately, the monitor picks up an amount of extraneous noise, making it much better in theory than in execution. Several moms had a hard time locating a heartbeat at all, while others who did find theirs became frustrated after losing it just two minutes later (which can be scary for any expecting mom). Even a small movement of the headphone cord caused a loud noise (ouch!), and it seemed that the clicking of the on/off button was heard more clearly than the kicking, hiccups, or heartbeat of the baby.

With the Deluxe Gift Set, you can also talk and read to your baby, using the special microphone and speakers, or play the included cassette tape or CD of classical music. To get hooked up, secure the maternity support belt around your belly, put the speakers in the pockets, and plug the cord into your own stereo. While the music itself is nice, most moms had a hard time relaxing with the requisite belt and cords. This Deluxe Gift Set includes one Bebe Sounds Fetal Monitor, two headsets, instructions, a recording cable, a Cuddly Classics Mozart Connection cassette tape (and a CD), a jack adapter, one maternity belt, fetal speakers, and a fetal microphone. The monitor requires one 9-volt battery, and the microphone requires one AAA battery; neither are included. --Melissa Wilson

Product Description

The BebeSounds Prenatal Gift Set Deluxe is the perfect gift idea for the expectant mother and her family. It lets them listen to their unborn baby and stimulate her by talking and playing music to her. The Set includes a fetal monitor, two headsets, a special recording cable, a fetal microphone, fetal speakers, one 60-minute CD and one 60-minute audiocassette of specially selected music by Mozart, and a maternity belt. The Prenatal Heart Listener is completely safe for mother and baby. It does not use any AC current, ultrasound or radio waves. Talking to an unborn baby fosters a special connection and is a perfect way to bring dad and siblings closer to their baby. Research has shown that playing music for an unborn baby is an excellent form of prenatal stimulation and has the potential to improve the development of babys brain as well as her visual, linguistic, and motor skills.

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Customer Reviews

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85 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a Waste of Money!, July 23, 2002

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Melissa A. Case "Stand-Up Philosopher" (Shepherdstown, WV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bebe Sounds prenatal gift set (Electronics)

My husband and I purchased the Bebe Sounds Prenatal Listener Deluxe Gift Set shortly after we found out we were having a baby. Following the directions, we didn't try to use the heart listener until we were well into the fifth month. At that time, we were unable to hear anything but the gurgling of my own stomach. We kept trying right on through to the end. Now, at 39 weeks and knowing precisely where the baby is resting, we are still unable to hear the baby's heartbeat with this device. My sister-in-law also bought the system and had similar difficulties. The only redeeming feature of this pack is the microphone with which you may read and speak to your baby, as well as play music, but this is something that can easily be achieved with a regular walkman or other such device, which most people already have. During this time when there are so many things to buy, save yourself the cash (and aggravation) and get something that you can really use!

56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even worthy of 1 star!, February 20, 2005

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Candace Mack "cmmack" (Mauldin, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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Complete waste of money! I couldn't get it to pick up the heartbeat, even at the end of my pregnancy! I ended up calling the company and sending it back to them for a refund (they do guarantee your satisfaction). Don't bother with it!

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money!!, October 29, 2003

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Lauren L. Danver (Camarillo, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bebe Sounds prenatal gift set (Electronics)

I bought this product despite my girlfriend telling me that she was unable to hear her baby's heartbeat with the Bebe Sounds even up to a few days before delivery. My husband and I have tried and tried, and then tried again to hear the heartbeat and it's just not going to happen with this monitor. We were excited to hear "swooshing" sounds, thinking this was the baby, but when I put the monitor up to say, my ARM or LEG, you get the SAME SOUNDS!!!! I'm very, very disappointed.