![]() ![]() How is my baby’s heart rate is listened to and monitored? If your baby is not coping well, this may well be reflected in the pattern of their heartbeat.Īs well as monitoring your baby’s heartbeat, your pulse (heartbeat) will also be checked in order to tell the difference between them. This is normal and most babies cope without any difficulty. The variation in the baby’s heart rate may be caused by the womb contracting, which affects the blood flow to the placenta (afterbirth). The normal range for the rate of the baby’s heartbeat is between 110 and 160 beats a minute, although this can be higher or lower without meaning that the baby is in difficulty. The best way of finding out which babies are having trouble is to listen to every baby’s heartbeat regularly throughout labour. Most babies come through labour without any problems, but there are a few babies who run into difficulties. Southwest Neonatal Network Donor Milk BankĪ major part of midwifery care during labour is listening to and recording your baby’s heartbeat to help identify if there are any problems.Safe Sleeping & Caring for your Baby at Night.How can I tell that my baby is getting enough milk?.Getting Breastfeeding off to a Good Start.Discharge Advice After an Epidural or Spinal Anaesthetic.Spontaneous Rupture of the Membranes (SRM). ![]() ![]() Central Delivery Suite - Southmead Hospital Bristol.Mendip Birth Centre - Southmead Hospital Bristol.Healthy Eating and Gestational Diabetes.Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP).Breech baby at the end of Pregnancy and ECV.Pregnancy Scans in Women with Raised BMI.Results - Information about being a carrier.Labour Room, Central Delivery Suite Video.Short Stay Parking at Central Delivery Suite Video.Parking at Central Delivery Suite Video.Emergency Parking at Cossham Birth Centre Video.Active Birth & Positions for Labour Video.Southmead Hospital Charity - Supporting Maternity.Covid during Pregnancy, Labour and After Birth.Visiting and Attending Maternity Services.If the baby is moving around during the time we are listening, the heart rate will be a little higher just like your heart rate when you exercise.Įven though there is no truth to this old wives’ tale, it is still fun to think about and play “guess the gender” with family and friends. The rate at any given time is often related to the movement of the baby. Then, moving forward, there is a normal range of fetal heart rate from 110 to 160 beats per minute. What we do notice is that fetal heart rate is usually above 160 beats per minute from about 9 weeks until about 13 weeks gestation. And guess what?Ībout 50% were boys and 50% were girls… amazing right? There was no difference in fetal heart between boys and girls. This information was then correlated to the gender found at the 18 week sonogram. A study done in 2006 recorded the heart rate during about 1000 first trimester sonograms. I hate to spoil your fun, but there is no correlation between fetal heart rate at any point in pregnancy and the gender of your baby. Bass, he gets a kick out of perpetuating this old wives’ tale. My response is often the same and is always true, “Yup, it will be a girl… 50% of the time.”įor those of you who have seen Dr. PREGNANCY OLD WIVES’ TALE #1: HEART RATE AND GENDER Is there a correlation between baby’s heart rate and gender?Įvery day, we all hear it from our moms who are still too early in their pregnancies to know the gender of their baby… ![]()
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