12 Week Heart Beat

SaraVS04

173....is this normal?

 

Boy or girl? 

H2Osgrl

Normal! They say anything from about 120-180 is normal.

Unfortunately the "OWT" about hr is totally untrue.

C12H22O11

Mine was 162.  Not sure if there's a "normal", as long as your doc says it's ok.

And the HB thing is an old wives tale.  But, slow = boy, fast = girl.

ginmae85@yahoo.com

Well most people would tell you girl. But you can't really go by that.

Samantha82

Normal.  Mine had a fast heart beat too, so people kept saying it was a girl.  But nope, it's a boy.

Mrs_Jay

My baby's heartbeat was 175 at 9 weeks, 160 at 13 weeks, and 145 at both 16 and 18 weeks.  It sort of worried me that it dropped so significantly, but my doctor said it's normal for the heartbeat to be high early on and then lower as the pregnancy progresses.

As for the boy or girl part, there is no scientific evidence linked to the rate of the baby's heartbeat.  However, old wives tales say if it's higher than 140 the baby is a girl, and a boy if it's lower than 140.  I'm having a girl, so it was right for me, but that's not always the case.  My nephew's heartrate was 155 almost the whole time.

Mrs. A.J. Martins

We were 179 at 8 weeks and 167 at 12 weeks (which my OB was happy about anything under 100 you want to worry) and this baby is a boy, despite the OWT.

megs68

Normal - mine's was 172.  Slowed down to 153 at 16 wk appt.  I think they're faster so early on and also it could have been moving around a lot more.