Fetal pulse is one of the first signs that can identify the condition of the fetus health and stability, there is no known time for the heartbeat of the pulse, but the doctor can give a time of approximation, which is from thirty-two days to thirty-four days of fertilization And fertilize the egg. The first part of the heart is a single chamber, and the pulse can be heard accurately after a fifth week of pregnancy by means of certain devices, including: a sound wave device, or acoustic radiation devices twelve weeks after the start of pregnancy.
The accuracy of hearing the heartbeat of the fetus varies from one woman to another; some women may not hear the pulse of the fetus, and there are several factors that affect it, including:
- Sound pollution and loud noise.
- There should be a thickening in the wall of the uterus and an increase in it.
- Amniotic fluid in the fetus.
- The skills of the competent physician and follower of the case.
The doctor may perform medical tests and plans for the fetus’s heart in the womb to ensure his health and stability, and by sleeping the pregnant woman on the bed for twenty-five minutes to thirty, and a tape wraps around her abdomen as a belt, It is possible to examine the constriction and contraction of the uterus through this test. Through this examination, the pregnant woman can hear the pulse of the fetus’s heart and see the diagrams resulting from this pulse if it is natural and stable or not.
Factors of fetal choking
- The fetal pulse may disappear, or appear on the diagrams in straight lines.
- A sharp drop in the fetal heartbeat after there is constriction and contraction in the uterus.
- There is a decrease in the heartbeat of the fetus, and be less than one hundred and ten pulses per minute for a long time.
- There is an acceleration in the heartbeat of the fetus, which is less than one hundred and sixty beats per minute for a long time.
- Change the color of amine fluid from transparent white to dark green.
- Decreased pH of the fetus at examination or blood tests under seven and two in ten.
- There can be an explosion in the uterus, which leads to a sudden drop in the fetal heartbeat, so that it does not appear on the heart charts.
- Decreased heartbeat, with pregnant woman feeling cumbersome contractions in the womb, feeling of increased thrust at near birth, and falling baby head into and around the pelvic area.