PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for December, 2001: Re: *Slowish* fetal heart rate question

Re: Slowish fetal heart rate question

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 6 Dec 2001 10:47:53 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Lisa wrote: >
>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!
Age 6 weeks Ht.rate 200 20 weeks 160 40 weeks 140 1 year 100 15 years 70

The above are all averages. There is a wide fluctuation around all of those averages. 120 is perfectly normal for a term baby.

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