What do pregnant women need to prepare for fetal heartbeat monitoring

Fetal heartbeat monitoring during pregnancy can be categorized into fetal heartbeat sounds, fetal movement counting and ultrasound fetal heartbeat monitoring, the former usually requires no preparation, while the latter requires monitoring when the fetus is active. Fetal heart sound, fetal movement count is an important means of self-monitoring fetal intrauterine condition, pregnant women can listen to the fetal heart sound and count the fetal movement at home, and make a record, you can understand the intrauterine condition of the fetus, usually do not need to prepare for the fetal movement count ≥ 6 times / 2 hours is normal, < 6 times / 2 hours or a 50% reduction should be regarded as placental insufficiency of uterus, and should be promptly consulted. Ultrasound fetal heart rate monitoring is the main test to correctly assess the intrauterine condition of the fetus, pregnant women need to do the test when the fetus is active, and according to the results of the test to determine whether the fetus is hypoxic, if the baby is sleeping at this time may not be able to make a judgment, it may be necessary to re-examination or ultrasound examination. Pregnant women are advised to perform regular fetal heartbeat and movement counts at home, and to attend antenatal checkups on time, and to consult the hospital if there are any abnormalities.