Baby's heart rate

When I was 11.5 wks pregnant, baby' bpm was 176 and now at 14.5 wks, it is 150 bpm. Is this decline in the baby's heart rate normal during this time period? What is the normal/average bpm for a baby at 14.5 wks? I'm assuming that as the baby gets older the bpm will continue to decrease? Not sure what the bpm will be by the time baby is due. Thanks for any insight and feedback.

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totally normal...i think that normal is in the range of 150 or so...they told me at my last appt but i dont remember i only remember that 's was like 153 and they said that was good and strong (and that was at 28w)

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My OB said HR is usually lower around 7-8w (~120-130ish) then spikes higher around 9-11w (sometimes 160-180ish) and then levels out a little more around/after 12w (around 140-160).

However, she said those numbers are just examples and there is a huge range of normal. At my last appt (14w) she said anything between 120-170 is considered in the "normal" range

We've been ~150 for the past few weeks (12-15w)

When I asked if HR is indicative of gender she said it's about 60% accurage once you are in the third tri, but aside from that it's a crapshoot.

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Im 27 weeks and had a sono yesterday and DDs heart rate was (I believe) 143, which the tech said was perfect.

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in the very beginning it was in the 170's and has consistently dropped. at 21 weeks it was 153...i have an appointment next week so we'll see what happens. im 23w now

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Here's a chart plotting hundreds of heartbeats.

Perfectly normal.