Where is my baby s fetal heartbeat? How do I feel my baby s movements?

Introduction: When the baby moves for the first time, the parents really feel the little life in the belly. What a wonderful and amazing thing it is.

Fetal movement not only represents the baby's movement, but also an important indicator of the baby's vitality. So, where is the baby's fetal heartbeat? How do I feel my baby's movements?

The fetus's fetal heartbeat is usually on the left or right side of the mother's navel. Fetal heartbeat is the heartbeat of the fetus. Normally, the fetal heart rate can be heard at the 12th week of pregnancy, but because the fetus has a very light fetal heart sound, it usually requires an instrument to hear it.

The position of the fetal heartbeat usually changes with the movement of the fetus in the abdomen. In the third trimester, the position of the fetus is basically fixed, and the position of the fetal heart is almost fixed. When the fetus is less than 5 months old, the location of the fetal heartbeat is usually below the umbilicus and on either side of the midline of the abdomen.

When the fetus is 6 to 8 months old, as the fetus grows, the position of the fetal heart will also move up. Because fetal movements are usually the movements of the fetus's hands and feet, when the right side feels frequent fetal movements, the fetal heartbeat is generally on the left side; When frequent fetal movements are felt on the left side, the fetal heartbeat is usually on the right side. In the third trimester, the fetal position is basically fixed.

The pregnant woman observes the position of the fetal heart rate and listens to the position of the fetal heartbeat, and the position is basically stable in the later stage.

At 16-20 weeks of pregnancy, the pregnant mother will have a feeling of fetal movement, but it is not obvious, because the strength of the fetus is relatively small at this time, and it is isolated by amniotic fluid, placenta, and abdominal fat. At this time, the fetal movement feels like a butterfly fluttering gently, and a small fish swimming slowly, or bubbling and bubbling, a bit like flatulence, gastrointestinal peristalsis, or hunger. The baby is in the active period at 20-35 weeks of pregnancy, and because it is not very large, there is more room for movement in the womb, so this is the period when the baby is most active.

Pregnant mothers can feel the baby's kicking, kicking, rolling and other actions, and can even see the protruding sales feet on the belly. At this time, the fetus rises and is close to the stomach. At 36-40 weeks of pregnancy, due to the approaching delivery, the baby gradually fills the uterus, so that the space in the uterus is less and less, and the movement cannot be displayed.

The position of the fetal movement also changes as the fetus rises and falls.

Pregnant women after 28 weeks of pregnancy should listen to the fetal heart rate for more than 1 minute at a time. For example, the fetal heart rate beats more than 160 beats per minute, or beats less than 120 beats per minute, or the heartbeat is irregular, fast and slow, and the heart beats and stops. It is not normal, and there is a high probability that the fetus will be hypoxic or suffocated in the womb, so it is important to seek medical attention promptly.

The position of the fetal heart varies from person to person, generally on the left and right sides of the navel, if you want to feel the baby's fetal movement, you must put your hand on the abdomen, so that you can intuitively feel the baby's movements.

Generally, it is around the navel of a pregnant woman, which can be judged by hospital testing, and fetal heart rate monitoring can also be done, which can be felt by touching it with your hands.

In the heart position of the fetus. You can pay attention to the condition of the tummy, when the baby has fetal movement, it feels obvious.

Listening to the fetal heartbeat is one of the contents of the family's self-monitoring of the fetus. In addition to the pregnant woman learning to observe the fetal movement, as a husband, it is best to learn to listen to the fetal heartbeat if possible. So, where is the position of the stethoscope to listen to the fetal heartbeat?

The location of the fetal heart rate is heard is the fetal heart.

The fetal heart is formed at the end of the 8th week of pregnancy, and ultrasound can detect the beating of the fetal heart. At the end of the 20th week of pregnancy, the fetal heart rate can be clearly heard from the pregnant woman's abdomen with a fetal heart stethoscope, and the frequency and strength of the fetal heart rate can be judged, so as to understand the growth and development of the fetus in the uterus.

Generally, auscultation is clearer on the back of the fetus, according to the fetal position, find the part of the fetal head, and find the clearest part in the next section. So that some of the experience can be heard later. It is normal to have a faster frequency, 120-160 beats per minute.

The stethoscope listens to the fetal heartbeat, first of all, the wearing method should be correct, and the stethoscope should be worn correctly, and its wearing method is: before putting the ear tube on, please pull the ear tube of the stethoscope outward; Metal ear tubes should be tilted forward and placed into your external ear canal so that the sinus is tightly closed to yours.

Go to the hospital for fetal heart rate monitoring.

During the prenatal checkup, the doctor checks the fetal heart rate by Doppler, and the normal fetal heart rate monitoring time takes about 20 minutes. High-risk pregnant women receive fetal monitoring, which may last longer than 1 hour. Fetal heart rate monitoring is the abbreviation of fetal heart rate and fetal movement and contraction contraction, which is the use of fetal heart rate electronic monitor to record the fetal heart rate curve and uterine contraction pressure waveform for clinical analysis, and is the main detection means to correctly assess the condition of the fetus in utero.

Using microwave technology, there is no harm to the fetus.

Monitor the fetal heart rate yourself at home.

There are currently three ways to monitor fetal heart rate and fetal movement at home: stethoscope, fetal heart rate (sound) instrument, and fetal language instrument.

1. Stethoscopes are very common and cheap, but they are used to find the location of the fetal heartbeat, which has high technical requirements and small sound, which is not easy for ordinary people to hear.

2. Fetal heart rate monitor and fetal language instrument are both using Doppler auscultation technology, fetal heart rate can be used to listen to the fetal heartbeat, and some can display the fetal heart rate through LED or LCD screen

3. The fetal language instrument is a smart device, which can basically meet the standard of monitoring the fetal heart rate at home, and is used to listen to and record the fetal sound, count the heart rate and fetal movement, draw the monitoring curve, and let the doctor remotely listen to the fetal heartbeatIt needs to be connected to the mobile app, which is suitable for pregnant women with Apple and Android phones.

The change of fetal heart rate position is related to the change of fetal position, which generally occurs in the first and second trimesters, and the left and right position of the fetal heart rate in the first and second trimesters is normal, because the volume of the fetus in the early and second trimesters is still relatively small, and it can move freely in the uterus, so the fetal position and fetal heart position will also change, and it will not have any effect. After 30 weeks of pregnancy, the fetal position is basically fixed, and the position of the fetal heart will generally not change. If monitoring reveals a change in the position of the fetal heartbeat, it may also be the cause of the pelvic process.

When a pregnant woman is pregnant, the baby's fetal heart rate position will change because the fetal baby will also change positions back and forth in the pregnant mother's belly, moving back and forth, so sometimes the pregnant mother will find that the baby's fetal heart rate position will change.

Because when a pregnant woman is pregnant, the baby is not in the same position when she is in the pregnant woman's womb, and the baby will keep moving.

However, since the fetus can move at any time in the womb, the position of the fetal heartbeat also changes.

When the fetus is less than 5 months old, the fetal heart rate is usually located below the umbilicus, on either side of the midline.

At 6 to 8 months of age, as the fetus grows, the position of the fetal heart rate also moves up. Since fetal movements are usually the movements of the fetus's hands and feet, the fetal heartbeat is generally on the left side when the fetal movement is felt frequently on the right sideWhen the left side feels frequent fetal movements, the fetal heartbeat is usually on the right side. The cephalic and breech position can also affect the position of the fetal heartbeat.

The fetal heart rate is below the umbilicus in the cephalic position and supraumbilical in the breech position.

By the third trimester, the fetal position is basically fixed.

At present, the most commonly used Doppler high-sensitivity instrument can hear the heartbeat like the sound of horses' hooves when the fetus is 10 or 12 weeks. However, some hospitals may use a general stethoscope, so that the baby's heartbeat can not be tracked until 17-18 weeks. In addition, in the early stages of pregnancy, due to the position of the fetus or other disturbing factors, such as the thick fat of the mother's body, the fetal heart sound cannot be heard even with very sophisticated instruments.

The fetal heartbeat is the heartbeat of the fetus, which can be heard in the abdomen with a general stethoscope at 17-20 weeks. The fetal heart rate is 120 160 beats, sometimes it is faster, and it is not very regular, and it is much more regular at the end of pregnancy. Sometimes there will be a short pause, or the speed reaches 180 minutes, which is normal.

However, if this phenomenon occurs frequently and for a long time, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time.

Normal fetal heart rate is regular and powerful, like the ticking sound of a clock, for 120-160 minutes, if < 120 minutes or 160 minutes, you can repeat the listening at an interval of 10-20 minutes, if it is not normal, it indicates fetal intrauterine hypoxia, if the fetal heart rate is in the abnormal range and accompanied by fetal arrhythmia, it indicates that fetal hypoxia is more serious.