What is a Biophysical Profile (BPP)? 🍼 A Biophysical Profile (BPP) is a special prenatal test that checks your baby's health during pregnancy, especially in the third trimester. It combines an ultrasound and a non-stress test (NST) to evaluate: 💓 Fetal heart rate 🤰 Fetal movements 💪 Fetal muscle tone 🌬️ Fetal breathing movements 💧 Amniotic fluid levels This test gives doctors important information to ensure your baby is growing healthy and strong! 💙 #PregnancyCare #BiophysicalProfile #Hea

🌙 OB Tip Before You Sleep, Mommies! 💜 Why Do We Sometimes Use the Bell During a BPP Scan? When we do a Biophysical Profile (BPP), sometimes the baby is in deep sleep — and that’s when the bell comes in handy! 🛎️ It’s not to startle the baby, but to gently wake them up so a proper assessment can be done. And of course, we combine this with the Non-Stress Test (NST) to complete the evaluation. The BPP is a special prenatal ultrasound-based scoring system that helps us assess fetal well-being, e

Did you know? Ultrasound is the best modality to look for fetal breathing movements. Fetal respiratory movements form one of five parameters of the fetal biophysical profile used to assess antenatal fetal well-being. At least one breathing episode lasting ≥ 30 seconds during 30 minutes of observation is considered normal breathing. You can now understand why we take at least 30 to 45 minutes to assess second and third-trimester pregnancy ultrasound. Anything less is considered suboptimal. Trans-