How to check if the fetus is alive

During pregnancy, pregnant mothers are very concerned about the development of the fetus. If the child has fetal arrest, they need to go to the hospital for treatment in time. For this reason, female friends need to have a certain understanding of how to check whether the fetus is alive. In addition, whether the baby is developing well or not can also be known through certain methods. Below, I will introduce you to the relevant knowledge.

1. How to check if the fetus is alive by yourself

The easiest way to check if the fetus is alive is to pay attention to whether the fetus is moving. If there is fetal movement, it means the fetus is alive. During every prenatal check-up, the doctor will ask pregnant women to count the fetal movements themselves. If the fetal movement decreases or increases a lot, you should return to the hospital for examination in time. However, you will usually feel fetal movement only at 18-20 weeks. Before 18-20 weeks, if you want to make sure whether the fetus is alive, you just need to pay attention to whether your belly is gradually growing. If you want to be sure, you must go to the hospital for a color ultrasound. Color ultrasound can hear the fetal heartbeat and confirm that the fetus is alive. A relatively simple method is to use a fetal heart rate monitor to listen to the fetal heart rate. If you can hear the fetal heart rate, it means the fetus is alive. However, the fetal heart rate monitor can only be heard after the baby's uterus leaves the pelvic cavity, usually after 12 weeks. Therefore, it is generally difficult to hear the fetal heart rate using a fetal heart monitor before 12 weeks.

Expectant mothers can find free time every day to measure the number of fetal movements. The test method is:

Starting from the 28th week of pregnancy, pregnant women should find free time every day (it is recommended to be after dinner, as fetal movements are more frequent at this time), lie on their left side, and record the time required for 10 fetal movements. If it is less than 120 minutes, it means that there is no abnormality in the number of fetal movements. However, if no fetal movement is felt, or the time required for 10 fetal movements is more than 2 hours, you should see a doctor as soon as possible for further examination.

2. How do you know if your baby is developing well during pregnancy?

1. Expectant mothers can go to the hospital for prenatal check-ups more often after pregnancy to monitor the amount of amniotic fluid in their bodies, because the amount of amniotic fluid is an important condition for judging whether the baby is healthy. When the amount of amniotic fluid is more or less due to power outage, it will have a certain impact on the children. Moreover, babies generally obtain nutrition through amniotic fluid, so mothers can also judge whether their children are healthy by the amount of amniotic fluid.

2. Fetal movements are regular. Many expectant mothers are pregnant for the first time and have no experience, so they are very cautious, fearing that something bad might happen to the baby in their belly. For example, frequent fetal movements are a very normal phenomenon, but expectant mothers will wonder if the baby is too uncomfortable or something. In fact, as long as the fetus has regular fetal movements over a period of time, it means that the fetus is developing well. However, expectant mothers should also pay attention to the body's reaction after fetal movement. If abdominal pain occurs, they should pay attention and go to the hospital for diagnosis in time.

3. If mothers’ appetite becomes better and better after they become pregnant, it means that the children are developing very healthily in their belly and the food they eat has been absorbed by the children. Therefore, mothers will often become very hungry during pregnancy and the frequency and amount of meals they eat will also increase. If the mothers’ morning sickness reaction also decreases accordingly at this time, it means that the baby is very healthy.

3. What should expectant mothers pay attention to during pregnancy?

The first thing is to do a prenatal check-up according to the doctor's requirements. Prenatal check-up can effectively avoid the occurrence of congenital defects and ensure that the expectant mother can give birth to a healthy baby. Secondly, expectant mothers must be careful not to use cosmetics during pregnancy, because unhealthy cosmetics can easily cause mental retardation, deformities, etc. in the fetus, and some are even more serious. Therefore, expectant mothers must be cautious when choosing cosmetics and skin care products, and try to choose products that have no effect on the growth of the fetus.

Expectant mothers should also take good care of themselves during pregnancy. One thing worth noting is that you should pay attention to breast hygiene, especially in the two months before delivery. You can use soap to scrub the nipples more often. This can prevent nipple lacerations during breastfeeding and can also avoid the occurrence of mastitis to a certain extent.