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Re: Do fetal heartbeats really slow down and when?
From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 19 May 2001 01:08:04 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 18 May 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I will be 35 weeks tomorrow and since about 20 or so weeks the baby's
>baseline heartrate has always been about 148-155. The last week or so
>it is ranging baseline in the mid to high 130's-143. I have heard that
>the hearbeats do slow during pregnancy, I am just wondering what the
>"average" drop is from second trimester to third?

a few beats pre minute -- yours are still well within the normal range
I also posted the >other day about my fundal height measuring behind and actually
>decreasing a week (at 32 weeks it was 32cm at 33 weeks 34 cm, and at 34
>weeks went down to 33 cm) and I am now worried that this drop in fundal
>height has something to do with his drop in heartrate (yes I do need
>something to worry about) U/S at 34 week appointment showed baby had not
>enganged and measuring 1 week ahead of schedule with his head measuring
>two weeks ahead (YIKES) hoping I have nothing to worry about!! Thanks!
>Julie

he may not have engaged, but he's prbaly dropped some, hence the slight drop in the measurement

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA
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