Abstract:
Miscarriage, also known as spontaneous abortion and pregnancy loss, is the natural death
of the embryo or fetus before it is able to survive independently. The use of technology and
ubiquitous computation in the medical field has been continuously growing. In today’s age, there
is a need for a device that is able to capture the vitals of an unborn child and help the parents
understand the fetal condition. It is not possible for the parents to be able to go to the doctor or
have an ultrasound many times in a month to know how their unborn child is since the parents
have to wait for the appointments. Complications may arise in between periods of appointments
which the parents may be unaware of since the fetal condition is not being monitored on a
regular basis. Moreover, prolonged or recurrent exposure to the ultrasound rays becomes very
harmful for the unborn child.
Fe Amaan is a system through which a fetus’s health can be monitored. Through the use
of sensors inside an IoT-based device which is to be placed on mother’s abdomen, the device
captures the fetal heart rate and movement and sends it via Bluetooth to the mobile application.
Here, the data received will be analyzed and displayed, enabling the mothers to know about their
fetus’ health. This data will be sent via internet to the web application as well. The main features
of this system is to provide automated analysis of fetal health on regular basis without providing
any harm to both the mother and the child. In case of anomalies in heart rates and movement
patterns, this system generates timely alerts so that precautionary measure could be taken before
it is too late.
As the system makes remote monitoring of the fetus possible, it will facilitate not only
the expecting mothers but also doctors as the data gathered and analyzed from the sensors will be
readily available anytime, anywhere to both the associated doctors and the parents. It can also be
used by healthcare workers for monitoring the fetal conditions of expecting mothers residing in
rural areas.
