During pregnancy, expectant mothers need to undergo many examination items, among which fetal heart rate monitoring is also an important one. Pregnant women in the late stages of pregnancy need to pay more attention to fetal heart rate monitoring in order to constantly monitor the health of the fetus in their uterus. So, what does fetal heart rate monitoring acceleration mean?
At present, fetal heart rate monitoring can continuously observe and record the dynamic changes of fetal heart rate, understand the relationship between fetal heart rate, fetal movement, and uterine contractions, and evaluate the safety of the fetus in the uterus. Under normal circumstances, acceleration refers to a temporary increase of more than 15 beats per minute in the baseline fetal heart rate during uterine contractions or fetal movements, lasting for more than 15 seconds, which is a good performance of the fetus.
There are currently three methods for monitoring fetal heart rate at home: stethoscope, fetal heart rate monitor, and fetal speech monitor.
(1) Auscultators are very common and inexpensive, but they require high technical skills to locate the fetal heart, have low sound, and are not easily heard by ordinary people.
(2) Both the fetal heart monitor and fetal speech monitor use Doppler auscultation technology. The fetal heart monitor can be used to listen to fetal heart rate, and some can display fetal heart rate through LED or LCD screens.
(3) The fetal speech monitor is an intelligent device that can basically meet the standard of monitoring fetal heart rate at home. It is used to listen to and record fetal sounds, count heart rate and fetal movement, draw monitoring curves, and allow doctors to remotely listen to fetal heart rate; It needs to be connected to mobile applications and is suitable for pregnant women with Apple and Android phones.
