Where is the fetal heart rate for boys?

When a woman becomes pregnant, for the health of both the pregnant woman and the fetus, she must go to the hospital for prenatal checkups on time. Therefore, pregnant women must pay attention to prenatal checkups. One of the items during the prenatal checkup is to check the fetal heart rate. When listening to the fetal heart rate, you will hear the strong heartbeat of the fetus, which is a very wonderful feeling. There is a rumor among many pregnant women that the position of the fetal heart rate can be used to determine whether the baby is a boy or a girl. This is unscientific.

Can the fetal heart rate determine the gender of the baby? It is rumored that a boy's fetal heart rate is slower and a girl's is faster. The second trimester should be the standard. My heart rate has been above 161 since I was 3 months pregnant. The ultrasound yesterday showed that it was a girl. In fact, this has no scientific basis. The position of the fetal heart rate has nothing to do with the sex of the fetus. Whether a baby is a boy or a girl is determined by the man's sperm. When a man's X-chromosome sperm combines with an egg, a girl is born; when a Y-chromosome sperm combines with an egg, a boy is born. Generally, the external genitalia of the fetus begin to develop after 3 months of pregnancy. At this time, the sex of the fetus can be determined through ultrasonic morphological observation, which is a relatively simple and effective method. In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you have a boy or a girl, as long as they are healthy, there is no need to identify them in advance.

Where is the fetal heart rate? Around 4 months of pregnancy, the baby's fetal heart rate can be heard near the pregnant woman's belly button. As the baby grows and develops, the change in fetal position will cause the position of the fetal heart to change, but as long as you listen carefully, you can hear the fetal heartbeat from the pregnant woman's belly.

How to find the fetal heart rate? The fetal heart starts beating three or four weeks after pregnancy. It was slow at first, only sixty or seventy times a minute. The heartbeat at this time is very weak, and during B-ultrasound examination, the fetal heartbeat can be displayed on the ultrasound screen. After 8 weeks of pregnancy, the fetal heart rate can reach about 180 beats per minute. After 14 weeks of pregnancy, the fetal heart rate drops to about 140 beats per minute, and then remains between 120 and 160 beats per minute. In addition to listening to the fetal heart rate directly with a stethoscope, doctors can also use a Doppler fetal heart rate detector to measure the fetal heart rate. When the pregnancy is about four months, the fetal heartbeat can be heard near the midline below the navel. Later, as the fetus grows and the fetal position changes, the position of the fetal heart will also change. Because most fetal heart sounds are transmitted from the fetal back and can be heard most clearly near the shoulder blades on the fetal back, the fetal head in head position can be listened to on both sides of the lower abdomen, the fetal head in breech position can be listened to on both sides of the upper abdomen, and the fetal head in lateral position can be listened to at the midline of the abdomen above or below the navel.

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