Hearing a developing baby s heartbeat is one of the milestones of pregnancy.
Baby born with irregular heartbeat.
And hearing it at every prenatal visit is comforting.
The normal heart rate for a fetus is anywhere between 120 and 160 beats per minute.
Fetal arrhythmia is a term that refers to any abnormality in the heart rate of your baby.
The most common cause of an irregular heartbeat in children is isolated premature beats.
Obstetrics gynecology an irregular fetal heartbeat typically does not indicate long term issues.
Fortunately in many instances these can be completely benign.
Both premature atrial contractions and premature ventricular contractions are relatively common in children.
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.