How many minutes does it take to complete a fetal heart ultrasound?

As we all know, there are many examinations to be done during pregnancy, and fetal heart ultrasound is one of them. This examination is of great significance. It can check whether the fetus has congenital heart disease, thereby preventing the birth of a baby with serious congenital heart disease. Generally, when doing fetal heart ultrasound, pregnant women should make an appointment with the relevant department of the hospital in advance to do the fetal heart ultrasound examination to avoid missing the best examination opportunity.

1. B-ultrasound of the fetal heart can be done in more than ten minutes

How long it takes to do a baby's heart ultrasound is closely related to the baby's heart condition. Whether the baby's heart deformity is normal or not is related to the equipment used for ultrasound and the ultrasound worker. If it is a single type of heart defect, such as atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, etc., the time required may be relatively short, and it may be completed in as fast as ten minutes. If it is a complex heart problem, such as complete transposition of the great arteries, complete pulmonary venous occlusion, or combined pulmonary venous occlusion, etc., complex congenital heart disease may take a longer time and even require multiple doctors to see. There is also a relationship between doing ultrasound and whether the baby cooperates. If the baby cooperates more, the time will be shorter.

2. Common problems with fetal heart ultrasound

1. Fetal heart ultrasound examination is a very simple test, which can be completed in about half an hour. It will not cause any side effects, so you should relax before and during the test and don't need to be too nervous. Maintaining a stable mood is also conducive to the successful completion of the inspection.

2. The time for fetal heart B-ultrasound should be arranged well. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate to do this examination around 24 weeks of pregnancy, and no later than 28 weeks. Because the volume of the fetus after 28 weeks has been relatively large, if the examination finds serious and complex heart defects, subsequent treatment measures involve more problems and will be more inconvenient.

3. When doing fetal heart B-ultrasound, it is easy to be affected by the fetal position, which may cause the examination to not be completed in one time. Don't panic at this time. You can cooperate with the doctor to get out of bed and move the body to help the fetus change its position. You can go home and do it after the fetus's position changes. In addition, you should avoid being on an empty stomach before the test. It is best to do the test when you are full. This is because the pregnant mother has sufficient energy after eating and drinking, and the fetus will also absorb energy from it, which is conducive to maintaining the active fetal movement of the baby, and thus facilitate the successful completion of the test. In addition, fetal heart ultrasound examination may need to be repeated several times before it can be completed, so you should be fully prepared in advance and cooperate carefully with the doctor for examination.