Fetal heart monitoring is usually started at 32 to 34 weeks of pregnancy, and can also be started earlier if there are high-risk pregnancy factors or abnormal fetal development.
Fetal heart monitoring is a widely used obstetrical aid in the prenatal and labor period. Fetal heart rate monitoring mainly includes the baseline of the fetal heart rate, the acceleration of the variation of the baseline, and contractions, etc., and through the comprehensive analysis of these conditions to assess the intrauterine development of the fetus, whether there is hypoxia.
Fetal heart rate monitoring is usually started at 32-34 weeks of gestation in pregnant women with uncomplicated high-risk pregnancy factors, but it is often started earlier in pregnant women with high-risk pregnancy factors or special conditions such as fetal developmental abnormalities, so that the dynamic changes of the fetal heart rate can be continuously observed and recorded, and the uterine contractions and fetal movements can be traced.
Fetal heart monitoring can be done every 2 weeks until 36 weeks, when the frequency of monitoring is increased, usually to once a week, under the guidance of the doctor.