Why is the patient asked to undergo fetal heart rate monitoring?

 The process of fetal heart rate monitoring gages the heartbeat and rhythm of a fetus. The process that is done by equipment manufactured by a Fetal Monitor Manufacturer gives the doctor an impression of how the fetus is progressing. The doctor may examine during a patient’s pregnancy or even while she is about to deliver the baby. The normal heartbeat of a fetus should be in the range of 110 and 160 beats per minute and there could be a variation of 5 to 25 beats per minute. It should be noted here that any abnormality in the heartbeat signifies that the baby is not receiving enough oxygen or it is suffering from other difficulties. The fetal heart rate monitoring process can be completed by equipment supplied by Fetal Monitor Suppliers using two methods external and internal.

In the former method, the doctor uses an apparatus to listen to the heartbeat of the doctor through the stomach of the patient. One form of a monitor made by Fetal Monitor Manufacturer is the Doppler ultrasound device, which is used by the doctor to check the heartbeats of a baby, during the expectant mothers' visits to the clinic or the doctor can use it to check the heartbeat of a fetus during the process of labor and childbirth. To accomplish this an ultrasound probe is attached to the stomach of the expectant mother. The probe sends the beat of the fetus to a computer which then displays it on its screen and prints the same on a piece of paper.

On the other hand in internal fetal heart rate monitoring, an electrode is positioned on the skull of the fetus, through a thin wire that runs from the scalp through the cervix of the mother to a computer. This method gives the physician a better idea of how the fetus is doing as the movement of the baby does not affect it. The only drawback of this method is that it requires the mother’s fluid sac that engulfs the baby is broken and the cervix is broken. This method may be used by the doctor as the process of external fetal heart rate monitoring is not giving him accurate results or he may use it to keep a closer eye on the baby during the process of labor.

During the process of labor, the doctor will keep an eye on the contractions of a mother’s uterus and the heartbeat of a baby. He will note the number of contractions of a mother’s uterus and the duration of each contraction. As both the baby’s heartbeat and the mother’s contractions are being noted at the same time, the consequence of both can be seen at the same time and compared by the doctor or his medical team. The doctor might also use the process of internal fetal heart rate monitoring to check the pressure inside the mother’s uterus by positioning a catheter through the cervix of the mother into the uterus. This catheter will send the pressure readings of the uterus to a screen.

The process of fetal heart rate monitoring is particularly vital if the mother is enduring a high-risk pregnancy or is suffering from high blood pressure or diabetes or the fetus is not developing or growing as it must.

The process of fetal heart rate monitoring has very few risks and the probes and the screws that hold them in place may feel a bit uncomfortable for the patient but the latter can be readjusted to make the patient feel more comfortable. Though it must be said that in the process of internal monitoring the patient may be slightly uncomfortable while the catheter is being put into her uterus and there is a slight risk of infection or bruising of the scalp of the baby due to the inserting of the catheter.

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