How to see whether fetal movement is normal?

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The so-called fetal movement refers to the spontaneous movement of the fetus, which may be local, breathing, swallowing amniotic fluid, or systemic rolling or hand foot activities. 24 hours a day, the fetus is usually in sleep most of the time, but there will be physical activity during sleep. How to see whether fetal movement is normal? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

How to see whether fetal movement is normal?

Under normal circumstances, fetal movements are about 30-40 times a day. However, in 24 hours, the number of fetal movements is not fixed. Generally speaking, every morning, at 8:00-12:00, the fetal movement is more uniform, and then gradually decreases; From 2 pm to 3 pm, fetal movement was the least; From 8:00 to 11:00 in the evening, the number of fetal movements was the most.

According to the research of foreign scholars, after 8 weeks of pregnancy, there will be a fetal movement at least every 13 minutes; At 20 weeks, the average number of fetal movements per 12 hours was about 200; At 32 weeks, the average number of fetal movements per 12 hours increased to 575, and decreased to 282 at 40 weeks. This is due to the weight gain of the fetus in late pregnancy and the decrease of amniotic fluid production, resulting in the relative reduction of the fetal activity space in the uterus, so that the pregnant women feel the decrease of fetal movements.

Pregnant women can not feel all the fetal movements every time. The more easily detected fetal movements are those that last more than 20 seconds or larger, or when pregnant women are more focused. However, not every baby's fetal movement is the same, which is related to personality; Generally speaking, the movement of quiet fetus is softer and the frequency is less; The excitatory fetus had larger movement and more times.

matters needing attention

Timely detection of various maternal factors that may cause fetal intrauterine hypoxia, and get timely diagnosis and treatment. Doctors can also detect abnormal changes of fetal heart rate in time and take timely measures through fetal electrocardiogram, fetal heart rate electronic monitoring, B-ultrasound biophysical score, Doppler ultrasound umbilical blood flow examination, etc.