After pregnancy, it is important and common to listen to the fetal heart rate. Doctors can understand whether there are any abnormalities in the growth and development of the fetus by listening to the fetal heart rate. At 10 weeks of pregnancy, fetal heart rate has already appeared. So, where is the fetal heart at 16 weeks?
16 weeks refers to the 16th week of pregnancy, when the fetal heart rate becomes stronger compared to early pregnancy. The position of the fetal heart at 16 weeks is generally not fixed because the fetal heart is the heartbeat of the fetus. But the fetus is active inside the expectant mother's belly, and the fetal position is not fixed, which naturally causes the fetal heart rate to be unstable. Simply put, wherever the fetus moves, the fetal heart will move.
At 16 weeks, although the fetal heart is moving, there will still be some relative positional range. At this time, the position of the fetal heart is mainly under the belly button of the expectant mother. If the midline of the abdomen is used as the boundary, the fetal heartbeat, that is, the fetal heart is mainly on both sides of the midline, which is the specific position of the fetal heart.
When the fetus reaches six months of pregnancy, the fetal heart rate will also change, mainly moving towards and above the navel. At 16 weeks, to test fetal heart rate, you only need to hear it under the navel. However, for fetal heart rate testing, the specific time is usually after 17 weeks of pregnancy.
