What are the consequences of abnormal fetal heart rate?

Abnormal fetal heart rate has a great impact on the health of the fetus, and it will also have an adverse effect on the health of pregnant women. Therefore, when the fetal heart rate is abnormal, fetal heart rate monitoring should be carried out in time. At this time, pregnant women should not be too nervous, but should focus on good conditioning, avoid strenuous exercise, pay attention to diet and health care, maintain adequate rest, and strengthen psychological adjustment.

What are the consequences of abnormal fetal heart rate?

Please don't be nervous. Reactive fetal heart monitoring is to continuously monitor the fetal heart rate for 20 minutes. There must be at least 3 fetal movements with a fetal heart rate acceleration greater than 15 times/minute, and the duration must be greater than 15 seconds. If the fetus is in a sleeping state, the monitoring time must be extended or the fetus must be awakened. Specifically, it is better to do fetal heart monitoring during the period of active fetal movement, so that the effect will be better. When doing fetal heart monitoring, everyone should pay attention to the two lines. The upper line represents the fetal heart rate, and the lower line represents the intrauterine pressure. Under normal conditions, the fetal heart rate is a wavy straight line, and fluctuations between 120-160 are considered normal. If the baby's fetal heart rate fluctuations are within this range within 20 minutes of fetal heart monitoring, then there is no problem. However, if the baby's fetal heart rate does not change, or does not move for a long time, then this is what we call unqualified fetal heart monitoring. At this time, the doctor will usually do another fetal heart monitoring for you one hour later, or arrange for you to do other examinations. If your doctor thinks your baby is not doing well, he or she may recommend inducing labor. In fact, you can also do fetal heart monitoring at home. You can go to a pharmacy or hospital to buy some related home devices and check it at home at any time to have a better idea of ​​the situation.

Abnormal fetal heart rate

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. During fetal heart monitoring, if an abnormality is found in the fetal heart graph, it is often used to indicate fetal heart abnormality. In most cases, abnormal fetal heart rate means that the fetus is suffering from hypoxia in the uterus. The more severe the abnormal fetal heart rate, the more severe the fetal hypoxia. However, not all abnormal fetal heart rate is caused by hypoxia.