Female friends must pay attention to the fetal heart rate during pregnancy. Pregnant women should take some time every day to count the fetal heart rate in order to timely understand whether it is normal. If any abnormality is found in the fetal heart rate, immediate medical attention must be sought as it is likely due to fetal hypoxia. So, what is the fetal heart rate of a boy at 18 weeks?
The gender of the fetus cannot be determined from fetal heart rate data, so at 18 weeks of pregnancy, regardless of the fetal heart rate, it is not related to gender. There are many methods circulating nowadays to distinguish the gender of a fetus, but most of them are just rumors. There are few methods to determine the gender of a fetus nowadays, and more accurate ones include ultrasound and amniocentesis.
Nowadays, when checking fetal heart rate in hospitals, high-sensitivity Doppler instruments are used, which can hear a heartbeat similar to the sound of a horseshoe at 10-12 weeks of pregnancy. If you want to use a stethoscope to listen to fetal heart rate, you need to wait until 17-18 weeks of pregnancy. Pregnant women can purchase a stethoscope to monitor fetal heart rate at home.
Under normal circumstances, the fetal heart rate is 120-160 beats per minute, but there are some factors that can affect the fetal heart rate. Generally, after a pregnant woman eats or when the fetus moves, the number of fetal heart beats may increase, which is a normal phenomenon. If the fetal heart rate is too fast for a long time, it is abnormal and requires timely medical attention. If necessary, pregnant women also need oxygen therapy.
