Happy days of expectation of the baby are always filled with light feelings of unity with him, especially strongly felt with the advent of his first movements. From this moment on, mom constantly, day and night, waiting for signals from her child to know that everything is fine with him.
To get more information about the life of the baby in your stomach, you can use a stethoscope for pregnant women - a special device for listening to the baby's heart rhythm, its movements. Among the newest developments in this area are electronic stethoscopes for pregnant women, which can be used at home without the help of a doctor.
How to listen to a baby's stethoscope?
The obstetric stethoscope is used by the doctor every time you visit him. With his help, the doctor listens to the fetal heartbeat. This stethoscope looks like a tube. The usual medical stethoscope to hear the baby's heart is almost impossible. An alternative is a new device - an electronic stethoscope, otherwise known as a fetal doppler.
Using an electronic stethoscope, you can study the life of a baby long before his birth. Starting at about the 5th month of pregnancy, you can listen to how the child beats his heart, how he hiccups, pushes, as through the placenta nutrients come to him.
Using the supplied connecting cord and headphones, you can record the fetal heartbeat and other sounds of the unborn child on any recording device, send the received e-mails to friends and relatives. In addition, the future mother has the opportunity to record the sound of her own heartbeat, which the baby hears before birth. These sounds can later be played to the newborn for comfort.
The work of electronic stethoscopes uses an absolutely safe method of amplifying sound. In them there is no ultrasound, nor any other types of radiation. Work electronic stethoscopes from the batteries.
Comes with some stethoscopes besides headphones and a cord for recording sound files, audio cassettes with nature sounds or classical music are played. To listen to such sounds is very useful since the pre-natal period - psychologists consider. Such upbringing favorably affects the development of mental abilities.
Studies by pediatricians showed that children who, from the 5th month of pre-natal development and until birth 10 minutes twice a day, listened to classical music, developed faster, had a higher intellectual level, and began to speak much earlier than children who were deprived of it pleasure.
Stethoscopes for pregnant women are represented by various manufacturing companies, the most famous of which are BabyBoss, Graco, Bebesounds.
What do future parents think about this?
Among pregnant women and their husbands, electronic stethoscopes are gaining popularity. Many families in anticipation of the baby do not mind buying this device to listen to the stomach and what is happening in it. For some, this simply brings with it an incomparable pleasure, and someone in this way also traces the child's condition in order to be sure that
What are the rates of the child's heart rate?
The heart rate of the baby is much higher than ours. It is approximately 140-170 beats per minute. The upper and lower boundaries, respectively, are 120 and 190 blows. If the indicators go beyond them, this should alert the pregnant woman. Also important is the rhythm of the heartbeat. If you suspect something is amiss, it is better to seek medical advice.