33 weeks pregnant and babies heart rate droped and went back up, has this happen to anyone else?
I went to the L&D floor because I thought I seen spotting they dismissed the spotting and said that I was contracting and while hooked up to the machine they said the baby had a "D cell" the heart rate dropped once and went back up to normal I was kept on the machines for 2 hours for monitoring… all my doctor said was babies do that sometimes don't worry I feel fine now but did anyone else experience or know anything about this?
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jessica on Jan 18, 2010 at 8:38 am
Babies heart rates can go up and down very easily. If your heart rate goes up so does the babies, if you eat or drink something the babies heart rate will go up also. If you are calm and the baby is calm or sleeping then most likely their heart rate would drop some. The normal rate for a baby is 120-160. If the nurses monitored you for 2 hours and told you everything was ok then im sure it is.
heartlos... on Jan 19, 2010 at 8:38 am
It's normal. I've had non-stress tests done every week for the last 6 weeks, and it's definitely normal. My son is usually 130-140, but I've laid there and watched it drop down to 103, and jump up to 168. Just like any person, when baby is moving around, the heart rate increases w/ the exertion. As to dropping, the baby could of simply rolled away from the monitor for a few seconds and it appeared to drop as the monitor recalibrated itself. Or baby was sleeping, etc.
Good luck!
Dogma (puppy due July 25th) on Jan 20, 2010 at 8:38 am
Don't listen to Juby. Stressing isn't going to help anything. The doctors and nurses don't seem worried, so that is a good sign. You could call your doctor and see if they will check your baby's heart again in a few days since you had such a scare.
Good luck!
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