This article has been published in partnership with Marico Innovation Foundation.
For 31-year-old Ajitha Patki Muglikar, experiencing pregnancy was one of her life’s most extraordinary experiences. It was, after all, her first baby and everything had to be perfect.
But with the joys of experiencing motherhood, she also nestled bouts of anxiety and fear.
“You are happy but also extremely worried about the well-being of your child throughout the pregnancy. That is why I was terrified when my gynaecologist suspected a fetal heart block during a check-up. Instantly, she conducted a non-stress test (NST) test to confirm and luckily, my baby was fine. To avoid similar panic situations, she recommended using a home-based mobile fetal monitoring device called BabyBeat. With its help, I could regularly monitor my baby’s heart rate and send real-time reports to the doctor. As the lockdown made stepping out risky, this device also helped my gynaecologist remotely monitor my progress and guide me through the process,” says Ajitha, who recently delivered a healthy baby.