Fetal heartbeat at two different places?
Are you pondering about whether or not you should make contact with a local cord blood bank?
The notion of cord blood banking has witnessed much higher acceptance in the past ten years. Right now people are giving it serious thought to bank their infant’s cord blood. Years ago, the umbilical cord used to be discarded after the child was actually delivered, however with rising knowledge of how useful the blood of the umbilical cord is, the medical world have finally started to store the blood of the umbilical cord in cord blood banks.
After a ton of doctors research has been performed on what might be done with the umbilical cord researchers have uncovered that it is in fact helpful to store the umbilical cord in a cord blood bank. The blood of the umbilical cord is very helpful in the treatment of several diseases related to the immune system and also other blood related disorders which people suffer with. Till relatively recently the umbilical blood was never stored in a cord blood bank; however after the mid 1990s medical professionals have started to appreciate the significance of umbilical blood and are now distributing awareness about the importance of storing umbilical blood in a cord blood bank.
The increasing importance of the Cord blood bank
The most basic reason why people are now thinking about using a cord blood bank is because the umbilical blood is considered to be so precious. This is because it contains high amount of hematopoietic stem cells and can be stored in the cord blood banks safely for years. The importance of having a large amount of hematopoietic stem cells is that this specific type of blood is capable of generating new white blood cells and red blood cells. The concept behind the use of cord blood is similar to that of bone marrow transplants which have been in use for a long time. However unlike the bone marrow which needs to be matched perfectly, the utilization of the umbilical blood does not require such a perfect match.
There are many increased options for treating an ailment with the use of umbilical blood than there are with the bone marrow transplants since the chances of someones body rejecting the umbilical blood are much less in comparison to his chances of rejecting the bone marrow.
The ongoing stem cell research shows that there are more or less 70 diseases that can be cured with the use of the umbilical cord blood. It is for this reason that ever more people are finally starting to save their baby’s umbilical cord blood in a local cord blood bank. The cord blood is not only usable by the child whose umbilical cord blood is stored, but this blood can also be used by the family members of the children as well. The storing of umbilical blood is of high importance because research has proved that the use of the umbilical blood could be of assistance in curing some cancers, damaged internal organs and even some blood disorders, which is one of the chief reasons why quite a lot of people are choosing to use a cord blood bank service.
If you want to have your baby’s umbilical blood stored must choose a cord blood bank well before the arrival of your infant due to the fact that not every hospital is equipped collect and relocate the umbilical blood to the cord blood bank. If this is the case you will have to to choose the cord blood bank and inform your doctor approximately 2 months in advance so that you can rationalize the process of documentation and preparation for the collection and storage of your baby’s umbilical cord blood to the cord blood bank.
I have my own fetal doppler and I started listening to my baby’s heartbeat and found it at 11 weeks. I am currently at 15 weeks and have heard the heartbeat on the right AND left side of my belly. It used to be only one side, but now, I hear it on both sides. I know I don’t have twins because I’ve had ultrasounds done already. Does anyone know why I hear heartbeats on both sides? I know it’s not my own heartbeat because it’s 150-156 beats per minute. I’ve heard that it could be the cord blood that I am hearing. If anyone knows why this is, please advise. Thank you.
Filed under Cord Blood And Stem Cell by on Dec 24th, 2009. 
Comments on Fetal heartbeat at two different places?
sometime it can pick up your heartbeat,or it could be twins
As the baby grows, the heart gets stronger, so you can hear it from further away.
could be twins U/S arent always right sometimes ones behind the other and you cant see them or your baby is transverse now and ur hearing the heartbeat b/c its stronger now.
Babies move all over the place, and just the baby flipping over can cause the heartbeat to be found somewhere else. And even though it may not sound like your own heartbeat it can be, I had none stress test 3 times a week when I was pregnant with my 3rd, and a lot of times they would find what they thought was the babies, and it was mine.
Very possible that one of the beats you’re hearing is coming from the cord. Very common & not a problem. Last time my midwife couldn’t get the baby’s heartbeat, so she took the measurment from the cord. It’s the same as the baby’s, of course.