Is it necessary to do frequent fetal heart rate monitoring?

Why do doctors require repeat fetal heart rate monitoring, and is it necessary?

1.It is necessary. Fetal hypoxia may be detected.

If the fetus is hypoxic, the fetal heart rate can rise sharply or decrease rapidly, 120-160 minutes lower than the standard value, so that the doctor can take rescue measures in time. Fetal heart rate monitoring is time-sensitive. Fetal heart rate monitoring is simply to detect how well the fetus is in the womb at the time.

Just because the fetus is not deprived of oxygen now does not mean that it will not be deprived of oxygen in the future. Pregnant women are high-risk groups for pregnancy, with gestational diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism and other diseases, which can easily lead to fetal hypoxia, so long-term monitoring is required. Fetal heart rate monitoring takes at least half an hour, so it is best for the mother to eat something and do it to avoid fetal inactivity and failure of fetal heart rate monitoring due to excessive hunger.

One mother was so hungry that she monitored her heartbeat several times before she passed the test.

2.In general, during the third trimester, after 36 weeks, we usually have a pregnant woman have a weekly fetal monitoring. However, if the fetal movement is frequent or fetal movement is infrequent, fetal heart rate monitoring should be done in time.

If patients with abnormal pregnancy, such as gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes, may be accompanied by microangiopathies, which affect the blood and oxygen supply to the placenta, it is recommended to start monitoring at 34 weeks. If blood sugar and blood pressure are poorly controlled, weekly fetal heart rate monitoring is even recommended starting at 32 weeks. If abnormalities such as oligohydramnios or large umbilical artery blood flow index are found during the examination, it is also recommended to do fetal heart rate monitoring in time.

It is also important to observe deceleration, not only for fetal hypoxia and placental function, but also for fetal head and umbilical cord compression.

3.Doctors and expectant mothers can show a graph of the baby's heart rate and contractions to see if the baby's heartbeat is normal when the baby is active. Experts say that there are usually two curves on the fetal heart rate monitor, one is the change in the fetal heart rate and the other is the contractions.

The line of fetal heart rate represents your baby's basal heart rate. A normal fetal heart rate is between 110 beats per minute and 160 beats per minute. If it exceeds this range, fetal tachycardia or bradycardia is an abnormality.

It is important to note that if within 20 minutes of fetal heart rate monitoring, your baby's fetal heart rate has a relatively stable baseline of speed.

If the fetal heart rate is abnormal, it indicates that the fetus may be hypoxic and needs to be inhaled oxygen or further treatment, which is also in line with medical science, and it is still necessary for the baby's health.

It is very necessary to do fetal heart rate monitoring to understand the child's development, and also to know whether the child's heart is healthy.

In the process of prenatal examination, it is very necessary to do fetal heart rate monitoring, through which some problems that may be hidden in the fetus can be found, which will help to give birth to a healthy baby.