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Fetal heart rate discussion???

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Becky2406 · 27/04/2013 00:32

Hi I'm 18 weeks 4days with my 4th baby and its heart rate tonight was between 123-137 per min do ppl think that's to low or normal and anyone wanna guess what the gender is ???

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wintersdawn · 27/04/2013 00:48

Girl. My daughter always sat around 140 whilst my son was 150 and above.

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roofio87 · 27/04/2013 04:08

thank you for saying that wintersdawn. my baby's is 150 and therefore certain people (mil ahem!) are convinced girl!! pretty sure its all just nonsense!!

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Choccybaby · 27/04/2013 13:03

I think 120-160 is normal.
You can't possibly tell the gender from the heart rate!

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harleyd · 27/04/2013 13:19

ive been getting heart rates from 130-165 this pregnancy.
you cant tell gender from heart rate!

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wintersdawn · 28/04/2013 17:03

It's an old wives tale about girls having a slower heart rate than boys. Similar to morning sickness means a girl and none means a boy, never had a day of sickness with dd lost a stone in weight and was signed off for 6 weeks with ds

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TinkyPeet · 28/04/2013 17:52

I've had varied heart rate from 120 to 160 since week 14, am now 28 weeks an its a boy x

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Fakebook · 28/04/2013 18:05

My Dd's was always around 160 and above. When my midwife heard it she asked me what I thought I was having and I told her I was sure its a girl and she replied, "well the hb certainly sounds like a girl's". We were both right.

Ds's was always around 140-150. But I wouldn't have known this if I hadn't bought a Doppler and measured it at home. Where we live midwives no longer measure the heart rate, they just listen to see the heart is still beating and that's it.

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Tuliptastic · 29/04/2013 20:34

I had a midwife tell me my baby had a boy's heart rate. Everyone said my bump looked like I was having a boy. I was convinced my baby was a boy. Obviously I had a girl!

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ginauk84 · 30/04/2013 11:15

My little girl is around 144

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MirandaWest · 30/04/2013 11:17

DS always had a higher heart rate than DD did. Although I had a midwife tell me she was sure DD would be a boy due to heart rate.

DD was heavier than DS - mice have very fast heart rates I think - isn't it to do with size (boys generally heavier than girls?)

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Becky2406 · 04/05/2013 00:41

The heart rate still slow and I've had my scan its a .... Boy !!! Yay :)

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