Patient's question:
Because I had an amniocentesis and didn't feel fetal movement, I spent almost half an hour each day from the 19th to the 21st week at home using a home fetal doppler to search my abdomen. Except for one day when I searched three times, each time for about ten minutes. I'm wondering if sometimes, when I'm in a bad mood and shout loudly, it might interfere with the baby's hearing and intelligence?Doctor's answer:
According to your situation. It is generally never likely to cause interference to the fetus. Although the Doppler fetal monitor can be functionally used by pregnant women in the early pregnancy 11-15 weeks to perform self-care for the fetus, the clinical significance of early pregnancy care is not as significant as that in the middle and late stages of early pregnancy. Additionally, in the early stages of pregnancy, the fetus is in the organ division stage, and the use of indicators must be strictly considered. Therefore, if there is no clear indication, self-care is not recommended before 15 weeks of early pregnancy. For pregnant women after 15-28 weeks, decades of experience with similar products abroad have proven that performing care three times a day, each time for one minute, is safe.