Do I need oxygen if the fetal heart rate monitoring is 8 points?

More and more people will use fetal heart monitoring to understand the fetal heart rate, and the scoring of fetal heart monitoring is also relatively strict. The scores are also different in different situations, including the situation of 8 points. Many people may be curious about the safety of 8 points, because generally we can solve the fetal heart problem by oxygen inhalation, so do we need oxygen inhalation if the fetal heart monitoring scores 8 points?

If the fetal heart rate monitoring shows 8 points, the doctor says there is a possibility of hypoxia, which is not good. Generally, it needs to be 9 points or so to be considered good. If the fetal heart rate does not increase when the baby moves, or if the baby does not move once in 40 minutes, the result is "unresponsive". An unresponsive fetal heart rate monitor does not necessarily mean that the situation is abnormal. It only means that the monitoring does not provide enough information. You may need to do it again after 1 hour, or do other tests, such as fetal biophysical assessment or uterine contraction stress test.

However, an unresponsive fetal heart rate monitor may indicate fetal intrauterine hypoxia or a problem with the placenta. If your doctor thinks your baby is not doing well in the womb, he or she may recommend an induced labor or a cesarean section. If the fetal heart rate monitoring shows deceleration, you can consider oxygen inhalation twice a day, combined with B-ultrasound examination. If the placenta and amniotic fluid are normal, you can recheck the fetal monitoring after 3-7 days.

The basic heart rate line on the fetal heart monitoring generally appears as a wavy straight line. When fetal movement occurs, the heart rate will rise, forming an upward protruding curve. After the fetal movement ends, it will slowly decrease. A fetal movement count of >30 times/12 hours is normal, and <10 times per 12 hours indicates fetal hypoxia. The lower line represents the intrauterine pressure, which will increase during uterine contractions and then remain at around 20 mmHg.

If within 20 minutes of fetal heart monitoring, the baby's fetal heart rate has a relatively stable baseline of 120 to 160 beats per minute, and your baby's fetal heart rate increases at least twice during activity, at least 15 beats per minute faster than the resting fetal heart rate, and each time lasts at least 15 seconds, then the fetal heart monitoring result is normal, or called "fetal heart monitoring reaction type." A normal result means your baby is probably doing well. Your doctor may have you monitor your fetal heart rate every week until your baby is born. If the fetal heart rate does not increase when the baby moves, or if the baby does not move once in 40 minutes, the result is "unresponsive". An unresponsive fetal heart rate monitor does not necessarily mean that the situation is abnormal. It only means that the monitoring does not provide enough information. You may need to do it again after 1 hour, or do other tests, such as fetal biophysical assessment or uterine contraction stress test. However, an unresponsive fetal heart rate monitor may also indicate fetal intrauterine hypoxia or a problem with the placenta.

Changxing Ultrasound, a medical fetal heart rate monitoring device, has launched the home fetal heart rate monitor Beibinfen. Pregnant women can use the home fetal heart rate monitor to monitor the fetal heart rate at home by themselves at 16 weeks, detect and deal with fetal heart rate abnormalities in time, and reduce the occurrence of unresponsive fetal heart rate monitoring. In the case of "unresponsiveness," your doctor may recommend an induction of labor or a cesarean section if he or she thinks your baby is not doing well in the womb.