What does it mean if fetal heart rate is high?

The fetal heart rate may change as your baby responds to conditions in your uterus. An abnormal fetal heart rate may mean that your baby is not getting enough oxygen or that there are other problems.

What causes high heart rate in baby during pregnancy?

Heart palpitations in pregnancy are very common. During pregnancy, the amount of blood in your body increases significantly. Your heart works harder to pump the extra blood throughout your body and to your baby. This extra work can result in heart palpitations.

Is it normal for a baby to have a high heart rate?

​​Variations in a child’s heart rate is normal. Generally, though, a child’s heart rates slows as they get older. For example, a heart rate of 130 to 150 beats per minute is normal for a newborn infant, but it would be considered fast for a school age child.

Is 180 too high for fetal heart rate?

Fetal tachyarrhythmia is generally defined as a heart rate that exceeds 180 to 200 beats per minute. In most cases, if the increased fetal heart rate occurs only intermittently, or if it can be controlled with medication during pregnancy, the prognosis is good.

How can I lower my baby’s heart rate?

What treatments are available? In most cases we can reduce the fast heart rate by giving medication to the mother, which passes through the placenta to the baby. We perform a simple test on the mother’s heart called an electrocardiogram (ECG) before prescribing the medication.

Why would a babies heart rate go above 220?

SVT can occur in utero, shortly after birth and through adulthood. In infants, the heart rate can be as fast as 300 beats per minute and older children it is often as fast as 220 to 250 beats per minute.

Is 175 heart rate too high for baby?

By the beginning of the ninth week of pregnancy, the normal fetal heart rate is an average of 175 bpm. At this point, it begins a rapid deceleration to the normal fetal heart rate for mid-pregnancy, about 120–180 bpm.