Fetal heart rate monitoring: how to make your baby move

The secret of doing fetal monitoring once:

(1) Don't fast:

Pregnant women who are doing fetal heart rate monitoring on an empty stomach are likely to have the fetus in a hungry state and have little activity, which will lead to inaccurate results.

You can eat something 30 minutes to 1 hour before the fetal heart rate monitoring, such as milk, bread, etc., but don't eat too much, as this will also make the baby not like to move.

(2) Go to the toilet before the examination

The time for a fetal heart rate monitoring is generally 20 minutes, and if the fetal heart rate is found to be abnormal, the monitoring time may be extended, and it will be very uncomfortable to hold urine for a long time. If you go to the toilet halfway and need to do it again when you come back, it will also delay time.

(3) Avoid lying on your back:

Perform fetal heart rate monitoring while lying on your side or sitting, and try to avoid lying on your back. Vech advises adding a pillow behind you if necessary to make yourself more comfortable. Choosing a comfortable position to put yourself and your baby in a more relaxed state will be more conducive to the accuracy of the results.

(4) Choose to do fetal monitoring when the fetus is active

From the 7th month of pregnancy, the fetal movement becomes regular, and the expectant mother should know when the fetus is more active. If the baby falls asleep during the examination, you can try to pat the stomach gently, you can also talk to the baby, or put some relaxing **.

Fetal heart rate monitoring is no stranger to expectant mothers during pregnancy, especially in the third trimester, and basically weekly fetal heart rate monitoring tests are required to ensure the fertility and development of the fetus. So, what should I do if I do fetal heart rate monitoring and my baby keeps moving?

The normal fetal heart rate is between 120 beats and 160 beats, and if the fetal heart rate lasts for more than 10 minutes, it < 120 points or 160 points, indicating that the fetal heart rate is abnormal. The application of fetal heart rate monitor has been more popular, and when the fetal heart rate is cared for, it is found that there is an abnormality in the fetal heart rate pattern, which is often used to indicate the abnormal fetal heart rate.

Fetal heart rate abnormalities in most cases indicate fetal hypoxia in utero, and the more severe the fetal heart rate abnormality, the more severe the fetal hypoxia.

Abnormal fetal heart rate is caused by hypoxia, and in addition to the above conditions, the condition of the pregnant woman herself also affects the changes in the fetal heartbeat. If a pregnant woman has a fever, the fetal heart rate often exceeds 160 minutes, the pregnant woman has hyperthyroidism, her own heart rate is very fast, and the fetal heart rate often exceeds 160 minutes. A slow fetal heart rate can be caused by a lack of oxygen to the fetus, but sometimes pregnant women take certain medications, such as propranol, which act on the fetus through the placenta, causing the fetal heart rate to slow down.

In addition, after more than 40 weeks of pregnancy, due to the development of the fetal nervous system, the fetal heart rate can sometimes be lower than 120 minutes, so when there is an abnormal fetal heart rate, it is necessary to carefully analyze the situation, make correct judgments and treatments, and if there is indeed fetal hypoxia, it should be delivered as soon as possible.

Treatment of abnormal fetal heartbeat.

If the baby's fetal heart rate has a relatively stable baseline rate of 120 160 minutes during the 20 minutes of fetal heart rate monitoring, and your baby has at least two times when the fetal heart rate is increased during activity, at least 15 beats per minute faster than the fetal heart rate at rest, each time lasting at least 15 seconds, then the results of fetal heart rate monitoring are normal, or "fetal heart rate monitoring reactive type". A normal result means that your baby is most likely doing well. Before your baby is born, your doctor may ask you to have a fetal heart rate monitor once a week.

If your baby's heart rate doesn't increase when he moves, or if he doesn't move once in 40 minutes, the result is "unresponsive." A non-responsive type of fetal heart rate monitoring does not mean that the condition is not normal, it just means that the monitoring does not provide enough information, and you may need to do it again after 1 hour, or do another test, such as a fetal biophysical evaluation or a contraction stress test. However, non-responsive fetal heart rate monitoring may also indicate a lack of oxygen in the fetus or a problem with the placenta.

A girlfriend of mine has been pregnant with a baby for more than 8 months, recently she went to have a prenatal checkup, and the doctor told her that she would increase the fetal monitoring project in the future, she didn't understand very much, what is fetal heart rate monitoring? Is there any difference between listening to fetal movements at home and listening to fetal movements?

I told her that fetal heart rate monitoring is an additional prenatal check-up item after 32 weeks of pregnancy, and if you have pregnancy syndrome, or if the doctor thinks it is necessary to do it earlier, you will start doing fetal heart rate monitoring at 28 weeks of pregnancy. This is different from fetal heart rate monitoring, which is more authoritative and comprehensive.

Precautions for fetal monitoring for pregnant women.

Fetal heart rate monitoring is an important means of medical monitoring of fetal health in the third trimester of pregnancy. Pregnant mothers try not to miss or be lazy not to do it, although there are only two lines of fetal heart rate monitoring, but it can reflect many problems.

1. Before prenatal checkup.

A few days before doing fetal heart rate monitoring, rest on time every day and don't stay up late. If you are sick, do not take medication casually, as it will affect the test results. In addition, it is best to eat a full meal before going, or bring some snacks, after eating, the sugar in the body is high, and the baby moves extraordinarily.

2. Choose a good time.

When doing fetal heart rate monitoring, choose the time when the fetus is most active, because fetal heart rate monitoring requires the baby to move, which can be counted as effective monitoring. If your baby is not moving or resting, you need to wait 1 hour and monitor it again.

3. Keep your emotions stable.

When doing fetal heart rate monitoring, pregnant mothers should not be too nervous. We all say that if the pregnant mother is nervous and anxious, it will also make the fetus very anxious and the fetal heart rate is too fast, which affects the accuracy of the results. Fetal heart rate monitoring may be done for about 40 to 60 minutes, try to keep the mood stable, and the pass rate will be higher.

Fetal heart rate monitoring requires lying on your side or semi-lying down, exposing part of your belly. Therefore, when going for the examination, try to wear separate clothes so that the examination is not embarrassing.

What should I do if my baby does not move during fetal heart rate monitoring?

When I was pregnant with Erbao to do fetal heart rate monitoring, I met several pregnant mothers, and I did several fetal heart rate monitoring but failed, because the fetus has less activity, and this situation is really the most disturbing. The following are my tips for doing fetal heart rate monitoring faster, I hope to help all mothers.

1. Fetal heart rate monitoring needs to observe fetal movement is the change of fetal heart, so try to do fetal heart rate monitoring in the time period when fetal movement is more frequent.

2. Eating some sweets, such as juice, chocolate, etc., before doing fetal heart rate monitoring, will make the fetus excited and do fetal monitoring more smoothly.

3. Find the most comfortable posture for yourself, which is more conducive to fetal heart rate monitoring.

4. Generally, normal fetal heart rate monitoring means that the fetus has no symptoms of intrauterine hypoxia temporarily, but if there is abnormal fetal movement, it is necessary to go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.

5. If the doctor determines that the fetal heart rate monitoring is abnormal, further measures need to be taken, please actively cooperate with the doctor to avoid irreparable damage caused by fetal hypoxia.

6. Compared with fetal heart rate monitoring, fetal movements respond more rapidly to the abnormal conditions of the fetus, so don't ignore fetal movements because fetal heart rate monitoring is normal.