Hearing a developing baby s heartbeat is one of the milestones of pregnancy.
Baby born with irregular heartbeat.
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.
Obstetrics gynecology an irregular fetal heartbeat typically does not indicate long term issues.
Fortunately in many instances these can be completely benign.
And hearing it at every prenatal visit is comforting.
In most cases an irregular heartbeat is abnormal.
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.
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.