Women need to undergo various examinations throughout their entire pregnancy to ensure normal fetal development. Among them, women in the late stage of pregnancy need to undergo fetal heart rate monitoring to understand the condition of the fetus in the uterus and check if there is a possibility of hypoxia. However, many women are pregnant for the first time and are not aware of the process of fetal heart rate monitoring. So, how to do the first fetal heart rate monitoring?
On the day of fetal heart rate monitoring, women need to wear loose clothing and avoid wearing skirts or jumpsuits to facilitate the examination. And women also need to maintain a good mood. Because tense emotions can affect fetal movement and heart rate, which is not conducive to examination. In addition, women should not fast before the examination and should pay attention to emptying the bladder to avoid affecting the examination results.
Before starting the examination, it is necessary to apply a coupling agent to the female abdomen, then use a fetal heart rate probe to find the optimal position with the strongest fetal heart rate and fix it, and tie another probe to the top of the uterus to understand the female's uterine contractions. After fixing the two probes, fetal heart rate monitoring can be performed, and the fetal heart rate and uterine contractions can be seen on the instrument screen.
There are mainly two lines on the instrument screen, the upper one is the fetal heart rate, and the lower one is the intrauterine pressure. Under normal circumstances, the fetal heart rate of females should be within the range of 120-160 beats per minute. If it exceeds this range, there may be problems with fetal development and further examination is needed to confirm. In addition to regularly going to the hospital for fetal heart rate monitoring, women can also count the number of fetal movements at home to constantly monitor the condition of the fetus.
