The hand-held device uses ultrasound to check for a baby's heartbeat and is based on the same technology used by hospitals to screen for foetal abnormalities. Called Babycom, the monitor enables ...

Problems were first detected when Kirbi-Lea Pettitt went for a routine ultrasound scan 20 weeks into her pregnancy. She then took part in the study to look at her baby's heart in vivid detail.

A baby born with her heart outside her body ... Naomi said: "It was a real shock when the ultrasound showed that her heart was outside her chest and scary because we didn't know what would happen." ...

One week after their son was born, Melissa and Cory Berlin of Mayfield, New York, arrived at the pediatrician's office for ...

"Even in the womb the baby can respond," says Luminare-Rosen. When the mother is frightened or upset, for example, the baby's heart rate can ... is by having an ultrasound. "Bonding during ...