Patient's question:
My wife is pregnant, I want to do a fetal heart monitoring, I want to ask when is fetal heart monitoring?Doctor's answer:
In normal pregnancies, fetal heart monitoring is generally introduced starting from the 32nd week of gestation, with each prenatal check-up including it. From the 37th week, fetal heart monitoring is conducted once a week. For high-risk pregnant women or those with complications or comorbidities, such as gestational hypertension, postterm pregnancy, or diabetes with pregnancy, the duration of fetal heart monitoring during each prenatal check-up is approximately 20 minutes, involving continuous, uninterrupted listening using a fetal heart monitor. If any abnormalities are detected, the monitoring time will be extended. For high-risk pregnant women, after the 35th week of gestation, hospitalization for fetal heart monitoring is required. If necessary, each monitoring session may last more than one hour.