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MrsJ
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Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
I know there is an old wives tale that says if the baby's heartbeat is fast, it's a girl..and if it's slower, its a boy.
I was wondering if anyone has found this to be true?
What was your baby's heartrate and is/was it a boy or a girl?
My baby's heartrate is about 160 bpm, but we don't know the sex yet.
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
Good question! I was also wondering, what is considered 'fast'?
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| Posted 12/1/05 12:16 PM |
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MrsJ
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
I've read online that "normal" range for babies (in utero) is 140-160 bpm. I think average is about 150 but I don't know.
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| Posted 12/1/05 12:19 PM |
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
Baby's heartbeat is 140 beats/min or less: BOY
Baby's heartbeat is over 140 beats/min: GIRL
THat's the wives tale. It was true to me...
BTW- a lot of the old wive's tale stuff and the Chinese Gender prediction from ivillage.com said girl- and so did the sonogram technician... so ... draw your own conclusions 
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| Posted 12/1/05 12:30 PM |
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mishy
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
It is true for me I am having a girl and her heartbeat is usually 150-160...
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mishy
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
Posted by Shellyesq
BTW- a lot of the old wive's tale stuff and the Chinese Gender prediction from ivillage.com said girl- and so did the sonogram technician... so ... draw your own conclusions
The chinese prediction was right for me....
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meandyou
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
did your baby's heartbeats start out so high? the first sono at 7 weeks showed it 121 beats per minute, and on monday it was up to 132 bpm. just wondering.....
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MrsJ
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
Posted by meandyou
did your baby's heartbeats start out so high? the first sono at 7 weeks showed it 121 beats per minute, and on monday it was up to 132 bpm. just wondering.....
Oh no, their heartbeats start out slower and get faster, your baby is fine. My fist hearbeat reading with my baby was 118 bpm. As they get bigger, the heartbeat gets faster and will top out around 140-160 for the rest of the pregnancy.
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
at 6.5 weeks it was 120
at 11.5 weeks it was 150
don't know if its a boy or a girl, we're not finding out (not that we could yet anyway)
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| Posted 12/1/05 1:06 PM |
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Kate
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
Our baby's heart rate was 178 at 8.5 weeks. However, the Chinese gender prediction chart says boy, and I think boy as well. (Based on just a feeling.)
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CaidensMommy
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
It was true for me! My son's heartbeat was always in the 130's. 
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emilain
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
Nope, ever true for me, heartbeat for my 1sy was about 140 and I had a girl, 2nd was about 155 I had a girl and last baby was 150 and it was boy. I think it all depends on YOUR genetics rather than the baby's. This is definitely an old wives tale, no medical proof.
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| Posted 12/1/05 2:21 PM |
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
My son's HB was pretty much always 150bpm. The chinese chart was correct for me though.
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| Posted 12/1/05 2:39 PM |
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
My babys heartbeat is always above 145, sometimes at 160 and he is a boy.
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
anywhere from 120-160 is normal. anything over 165 is getting high.
we were just told this tonight at the ultrscreen.
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| Posted 12/1/05 11:19 PM |
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KPtoys
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
Emma was consistantly around 140-145
Jeremy was 135-140.
Yes she was higher but it could have gone either way
FYI - Babies heart rate slow but gets faster until your 12 week (where it should be its fastest) then slowly goes down to a regular rate for the rest of your pregnancy.
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| Posted 12/2/05 12:09 AM |
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Re: Baby's Heartbeat - beats per minute
My sons was 132 on the nose..
My daughters has been about 155
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