Is a 6-point fetal heart rate monitor serious?

For normal pregnant women, the tests they need to undergo every month are different. In the late stages of pregnancy, most women need to undergo fetal heart monitoring. The heartbeat measured by fetal heart monitoring should also be controlled within the normal range, but some women's heartbeats do not reach the normal range. Therefore, some pregnant women have a fetal heart rate monitoring value of six points. Is this serious?

Is 6 points on fetal heart rate monitoring normal?

Fetal heart rate monitoring is the abbreviation of fetal heart rate, fetal movement and uterine contraction chart. It is a graph that uses an electronic fetal heart rate monitor to record the fetal heart rate curve and uterine contraction pressure waveform for clinical analysis. It is the main detection method for correctly evaluating the condition of the fetus in the uterus. With microwave technology, you only need to buy a fetal heart rate monitor. Especially after the fourth month of pregnancy, it is very important to monitor the baby yourself. What’s interesting is that sometimes you can even hear the baby burping.

Fetal heart rate monitoring is regulated by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves. By recording the instantaneous changes in the fetal heart rate through the curve of the monitoring graph, we can understand the reaction of the fetal heart rate during fetal movement and uterine contraction, so as to infer whether the fetus in the uterus is suffering from hypoxia. In a normal pregnancy, fetal heart rate monitoring should be performed once a week starting from the 37th week of pregnancy. If there are comorbidities or complications, it can be performed from the 28th to 30th week of pregnancy. Attention should be paid to whether the rhythm of the fetal heart rate is fast or slow. The normal fetal heart rate is 120 to 160 beats/minute. If the fetal heart rate is above 160 beats/minute or lasts for 100 beats/minute, it indicates intrauterine fetal hypoxia and should be treated promptly.

The normal fetal heart rate is between 120 beats/minute and 160 beats/minute. If the fetal heart rate remains <120/minute or >160/minute for more than 10 minutes, it indicates that the fetal heart rate is abnormal. The application of fetal heart monitors has become quite popular. During fetal heart monitoring, if an abnormality is found in the fetal heart graph, it is often used to indicate fetal heart abnormalities.

When should fetal heart rate monitoring be performed?

Fetal heart rate monitoring is an important prenatal examination item in the late pregnancy. When pregnant women do fetal heart rate monitoring, they can intuitively see the changes in fetal heart rate from the fetal heart rate monitoring chart to ensure that the fetus is in good condition. If the fetal heart rate does not increase when the fetus moves, or there is no fetal movement at all during fetal heart monitoring, this means that the fetus may be in an abnormal condition (such as hypoxia or placental problems, etc.). This situation is called "unresponsive type" and the pregnant woman needs to do fetal heart monitoring again after 1 hour, or do other further examinations.

For a normal pregnancy, fetal heart monitoring will be included in every prenatal checkup starting from the 32nd week of pregnancy, and will be performed once a week starting from the 37th week of pregnancy. If the pregnancy is high-risk or has comorbidities or complications, such as gestational hypertension, post-term pregnancy, diabetes and pregnancy, this examination may be performed starting from the 28th week of pregnancy. Pregnant women can also monitor their fetal heart rate at home. The doctor will first determine the position of the fetal heart rate. Then when the pregnant woman is at home, the husband can simply put his ear against the pregnant woman's abdominal wall and listen once to several times a day.

During prenatal check-ups, each fetal heart monitoring session lasts about 20 minutes, and is conducted continuously and uninterruptedly using a fetal heart monitor. If any abnormality is detected, the monitoring time will be extended. For high-risk pregnant women, hospitalization is required to monitor the fetal heart rate after 35 weeks of pregnancy. If necessary, each monitoring time will exceed 1 hour.