Fetal heart monitoring: a key step to ensure the health of infants

Fetal heart monitoring is a key step to monitor the changes of fetal heart rate, which is helpful for doctors to fully understand the health status of the fetus. In order to ensure the smooth progress of fetal heart monitoring, the following are some practical suggestions.

Avoid fasting

Before fetal heart monitoring, avoid fasting. Eating a little can stimulate the baby to move more and make the monitoring more accurate.

Choose a period of frequent fetal movement.

Choose the period of frequent fetal movement for monitoring, so as to avoid repetition and make the whole process smoother.

Remember to go to the bathroom first.

Remember to go to the bathroom before starting fetal heart monitoring. After all, we will stay by the instrument for a while.

Best position: lying on the left.

The best posture is lying on the left side with a cushion behind. If you are sitting in a chair for monitoring, please avoid lying flat to avoid affecting the results.

What should I do if my baby is not very active?

Don't be nervous if the baby is not very active. Gently massage or shake the abdomen, wake him up and monitor him for another 20 minutes.