Re: *Slowish* fetal heart rate question

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From: "Lisa" <anonymous@obgyn.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH" <pregnancy-birth@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 7:34 AM Subject: *Slowish* fetal heart rate question

> Hello. I'm currently 38.5 weeks and the baby's heart rate has been at
> 120 for the past few weeks, which is within the normal range but towards
> the low end. One of the hospital doctors whom I recently had a checkup
> with said that babies' heart rates tend to fall towards the end of
> pregnancy. Is this true? Also, and more importantly, if the baby's
> heart rate is already towards the low end of what's normal/acceptable,
> could labour/contractions more easily exacerbate the situation,
> resulting in fetal distress and medical intervention? Thanks!
>

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