Obstetrics gynecology an irregular fetal heartbeat typically does not indicate long term issues.
Baby born with irregular heartbeat.
The normal heart rate for a fetus is anywhere between 120 and 160 beats per minute.
The most common cause of an irregular heartbeat in children is isolated premature beats.
Hearing a developing baby s heartbeat is one of the milestones of pregnancy.
More than 85 of fetuses with an irregular heartbeat have a generally benign condition called extrasystole which is the medical term for a skipped beat.
In most cases an irregular heartbeat is abnormal.
These can include tachycardia an increased heart rate or bradycardia which is a slowed heartbeat.
As long as extrasystole doesn t occur too often even as many as several skipped beats per minute and there s no congenital heart disease it s not a big deal.
Fetal arrhythmia is a term that refers to any abnormality in the heart rate of your baby.