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In just two more weeks that number will rise to 150 170 beats a minute. In other words this myth is busted.

Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring

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Fetal heartbeat rates. When you ll hear baby s heartbeat for the first time. Some placental or umbilical cord problems excessive physical exertion by the mother mental stress genetic problems or any other complications can lead to low or high fhr in early pregnancy or in latter half of the pregnancy. It is measurable sonographically from around 6 weeks and the normal range varies during gestation increasing to around 170 bpm at 10 weeks and decreasing from then to around 130 bpm at term.

How audible the heartbeat usually depends on the position of your baby as well as the nature of your abdominal tissues. If the heart rate is below 140 bpm then the chances are that the baby will be a boy. This is after all where the normal fetal heart rate commonly lies.

If the baby s heartbeat is not audible for a week or more miscarriage is likely to happen. Can your baby s heart rate predict the gender. At this point a normal fetal heart rate is about the same as the mother s.

A fetal heart rate range of 100 160 is considered as normal. The fetal heart rate is between 90 and 110bpm in early pregnancy 7. It will then rise and peak around the 9th and 10th week to 170 bpm.

Generally speaking a fetal heart rate between 100 and 160 is considered normal and a normal heartbeat lowers chances of miscarriage. The average heart rate for baby boys in the first trimester was 154 9 bpm plus or minus 22 8 bpm and for baby girls it was 151 7 bpm plus or minus 22 7 bpm. Following this the heartbeat becomes normal and stabilizes between 120 and 160bpm during the second and third trimesters.

This theory states that if the fetal heart rate is above 140 beats per minute bpm then the baby is more likely to be a girl. The issue is of course what if the baby s heart rate varies between 120 160 bpm. By 6 weeks your baby s heart now beating 110 times a minute has four hollow chambers each with an entrance and an exit to allow blood to flow in and out of each chamber.

A normal fetal heart rate fhr usually ranges from 120 to 160 beats per minute bpm in the in utero period. Unusually low or high fhr is one of the main fetal distress symptoms. From this point it will increase its rate of about three beats per minute per day during that first month.

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