fetal heartbeat?
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at
10:48 am
I’m 16 weeks and 2 days and I just went to the obgyn and heard the heartbeat with a fetal doppler. The heartbeat ranged from 138 to 148 with the doppler. My previous heartbeat started off in the 170’s at about 7 weeks. Then started going down to the 160’s and 150’s during the following appointments. The doctor said it was in the normal range and it’s normal for the heartbeat to go down as the baby gets bigger. Does anyone know when the heartbeat begins to slow down. Any similar experiences would be really great to hear.
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At my 10 week appointment the baby’s heart beat was around 170. When we went back in for my 19 week appointment it was in the 150s and that’s where it has been. I’ll find out on Thursday if it’s gone down from there.
I wouldn’t be alarmed. Your doctor didn’t show any concern and they would have told you if something were wrong.
In this pregnancy the heart beat has always been slower than with my first one.
It can happen anytime. But you are in a normal range. And yes you are at a time where the heartbeat can start slowing down. It most likely won’t go down anymore from where it is at now though.
The heartbeat can always be different…depends on what the baby’s doing in there…if he/she is sleeping it may be slowing, if he/she is moving around it may be faster…anything between 140 and up is normal
hi t here, mine was the same when i was pregnant with my daughter, it was in the begining in the hi 170s then it dropped as she got bigger, it’s totally normal, the heart beat will stabalize around that range. don’t worry at all, and don’t listen to anyone saying u’r having a boy /girl, everyone told me boy and i ended up having a girl. best of luck, i hope ur baby sleeps
exactly as your Dr said…. the heart beat slows as the baby grows and can fluctutate from visit to visit. I was also told that anything in the 120-180 range was perfectly normal.
Same thing happened to us (3prengancies, 4 children). The lowest it went was around 130, and all of my babies were perfectly healthy.
Good luck at congratulations!
I was always told with my first one that anything below 160 was a boy. Anything above was a girl. At first the heartrate was fast but as time went on it slowed down and stay around 140. I had a boy.
In my grandmothers day, they said that once you were 30+ weeks, the heart rate helped determine boy or girl.
A low heart rate is a boy, a high heart rate is a girl.
At 15 weeks my baby’s heart rate was 156, as was my own heart rate when my mom was pregnant with me.
My brother was in the 130’s, and my sister was in the 150’s.
completely normal. And i would say "boy" I have one of each and her heartbeat stayed in the 160 and his was near 130-150 good luck