Is it normal for a baby to move frequently during the fifth month of pregnancy?

When a woman is 5 months pregnant, she will feel obvious fetal movements. In fact, the baby is always moving, which is caused by fetal movements. It is generally a normal phenomenon. If the fetal movements are particularly frequent, it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up and do a fetal heart monitoring to check whether the baby is suffering from hypoxia. You must maintain a balanced diet, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and develop good living habits.

Will the baby be deprived of oxygen during the fifth month of pregnancy?

A normal fetus has a certain pattern of activities in the uterus. If the fetus is in a bad intrauterine environment and suffers severe intrauterine hypoxia, it will endanger the health and life of the fetus. Whether the fetus is suffering from hypoxia has nothing to do with the duration of pregnancy. Further examination is needed to clarify whether the baby is suffering from hypoxia.

First of all, if you want to know whether the fetus is suffering from hypoxia in the mother's body, you can feel it through fetal movement. The state of hypoxia is that the fetal movement is too frequent. The fetus may feel restless, which is usually a sign of lack of oxygen.

In addition, try not to lie flat on your back when lying down. Choose to lie on your side so as not to put pressure on the baby. Keep calm and don't get too excited. Keep a stable state of mind.

Also, you should pay attention to the situation where the air is not well circulated. Usually you will feel lack of oxygen first, and then the fetus will also lack oxygen, such as taking a bath for a long time and the water is too hot. In the first two months of pregnancy, the mother will feel lack of oxygen because the enlarged fetus will press on the mother's heart. If possible, she should breathe oxygen for half an hour every day.

It should be noted that too much or too little amniotic fluid can cause fetal hypoxia. The chance of hypoxia is higher in the late pregnancy. Fetal heart rate monitoring is required to determine whether the baby is suffering from hypoxia.

Therefore, if you feel that your baby is suffering from hypoxia, it is recommended to go to the hospital for fetal heart monitoring to determine whether your baby may be suffering from hypoxia. If present, further examination should be conducted to rule out the possibility of anemia in the pregnant woman, abnormal heart rate, compression of the abdominal aorta, and umbilical cord around the neck. At the same time, short-term low-flow oxygen inhalation can be considered, and the cause of the disease should be eliminated in time.

Causes of fetal hypoxia

1. Maternal factors. Insufficient oxygen in the mother's blood is an important reason. When there is mild hypoxia, the mother usually has no obvious symptoms, but it will affect the fetus.

Maternal factors that cause fetal hypoxia include:

(1) Insufficient blood supply to micro-arteries: such as hypertension, chronic nephritis and pregnancy-induced hypertension.

(2) Insufficient oxygen carrying capacity of red blood cells: such as severe anemia, heart failure and cor pulmonale.

(3) Acute blood loss: such as prenatal hemorrhagic diseases and trauma.

(4) Obstruction of uterine placental blood flow: premature labor or uncoordinated uterine contractions; improper use of oxytocin, causing excessive uterine contractions; prolonged labor, especially the second stage of labor; excessive uterine distension, such as polyhydramnios and multiple pregnancy; premature rupture of membranes, possible compression of the umbilical cord, etc.

2. Fetal factors.

(1) Dysfunction of the fetal cardiovascular system, such as intracranial hemorrhage due to severe congenital cardiovascular disease.

(2) Fetal malformation.

3. Umbilical cord and placenta factors. Obstruction of umbilical cord blood flow, such as the umbilical cord being too long or too short, the umbilical cord being entangled, knotted, torsion, or placental dysfunction.