Will a slow fetal heart rate in early pregnancy get better?

In the early stages of pregnancy, if you perform a fetal heart rate check and find that the fetal heart rate is relatively slow, this is generally a normal phenomenon because the fetal heart rate can be detected relatively early in the early stages of pregnancy. Doctors generally recommend a later fetal heart rate check. Of course, this may also be related to the pregnant woman or the fetus itself. Let us take a brief look at this aspect.

Will a slow fetal heart rate in early pregnancy get better?

1. It’s too early to test

Some pregnant women rush to get a check-up before the 12th week of pregnancy. It is not surprising that the fetal heart rate is difficult to detect at this time because it is still early. Doctors will generally recommend that you come back for a check-up in half a month. At this time, there is no need to worry too much. You should adjust your mindset, follow the doctor's instructions, wait patiently, or try another hospital for testing.

2. Reasons of the expectant mother herself

Some women fail to take responsibility for themselves and their children during pregnancy and are exposed to drugs, tobacco, alcohol, or take medications that interfere with the development of their children, or their bodies are exposed to large amounts of radiation. Some are due to physical abnormalities, such as soaring blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, shock caused by poisoning, etc.

3. Fetal factors

If there is insufficient oxygen in the placenta, the fetus will have difficulty surviving and the heart will beat more abnormally. The main reasons include umbilical cord lesions, virus infection, slow development of deformed babies, chromosomal mutations, placenta previa, etc.

If the doctor finds that the fetal heart rate is gradually stopping, he or she will generally be advised to give up the pregnancy. An unhealthy embryo cannot produce a high-quality baby, and if the mother persists in the pregnancy, there is a high possibility of giving birth to a deformed baby.

2. What to do if the fetal heart rate is slow in early pregnancy

The fetal heart rate is the heartbeat of the fetus, which can usually be heard in the abdomen with a normal stethoscope between 17 and 20 weeks. At present, high-sensitivity Doppler instruments are more commonly used, such as home-use fetal talkers. You can hear a heartbeat like the sound of horse hooves when the fetus is 10 or 12 weeks old. However, some hospitals may use a regular stethoscope, in which case the fetal heartbeat cannot be detected until 17-18 weeks. There is also a situation where, in the early stages of pregnancy, due to the position of the fetus or other interfering factors, such as excessive maternal fat, the fetal heartbeat cannot be heard even with extremely sophisticated instruments.