My husband and I got to hear our twins' heartbeats on the doppler on Monday. I'm at 10 weeks (almost 11 now), and we were pleasantly surprised that we got to hear anything at all. I'd heard that it was common not to get a heartbeat on the doppler until 12 weeks or later.
One twin had a heart rate noticeably slower than the other's. According to my husband, who was in a better position to see the doppler, the had an indicator light for heart rates over 100 beats per minute, and the light was glowing.
Being me, I'm still worried about the difference in the two heart rates. The doctor seemed to leave the doppler on the second twin (with the slower heart rate) than she did on the first, but that could be because my husband and I were recording the sound on my MP3 player.
Do I have cause for concern? Or, is some variation in heart rate among fetuses normal?
2007-05-03 12:47:32 · 8 answers · asked by terrierhead 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I've been having non stress tests (monitoring the babies' heart rates) for several weeks now, and both girls are always different. In fact, if they're showing the same heart rate, the machine gets all angry and thinks it's just picking up the same baby and it tells you to keep looking for another kid!
On the regular old "rub the little black microphone on my belly" doppler, it takes them seconds to find one girl's heart rate, and one time almost 5 minutes to find the other girl's - she's always been sneaky like that!
On either monitor, it shows the "over 100bpm light" and that's to indicate that it's actually a fetal heart rate, not yours, and to keep trying to find a faster heart rate in there!
Once - just once - it just so happened that I was hooked up to a non stress test and one of the girl's heart rate dropped below 100bpm. They immediately took me off the machine and wheeled me to the birthing pavilion for more extensive (read: 4 hours of) testing and to use their NST machine that had another hook up for my finger. That way, they were able to see if something or someone moved and the pad picking up her heart rate was accidentally picking up mine. Results: Nothing happened; I'm fine, they're fine, we went home and no one really knows if her heart rate dropped just that once or not.
2007-05-05 10:32:54 · answer #1 · answered by Smitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normal fetal heart rate varies but should be around 150 beats per min at this stage. It is not an exact science though & can be different from baby to baby (especially from Boy to Girl) at this early stage. As you are having twins they will (or should) monitor you regularly. In a couple of weeks you will have a more reliable reading. Just relax! If you are worried request an another ultrasound at a place that only does ultrasounds on pregnant a women. They don't usually try to find the heart beat with a Doppler until around the 15th or 16th week because it is not reliable. Good luck & take care of those twin Angels!!!
2007-05-03 12:58:54 · answer #2 · answered by icareboutyu 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is fine!!! Completely normal....
Let me say this, one faster and one slower has NOTHING to do with the sex of the baby...that's an old wives tale!
Normal fetal heart rate is between 120 bpm (beats per minute) and 160 bpm... so any variation between is normal...even between twins. In fact most twins that I've ever monitored have different rates... and if put on a fetal monitor, it is completely noticeable.
Congratulations!
2007-05-03 14:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by dmmls 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My sincere condolences! My sister had the same thing and the baby with the heartbeat survived and did just fine. Do as your doctor says and rest! ... I'm pretty sure you don't want to gain a lot of weight but this is the one time that its ok to look fat. Do your other baby a favor and take it easy. Best of luck
2016-03-18 23:17:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that boys and girls have different rates, meaning you could be having a boy and a girl. But there's no sure way to know until you are 14 weeks or more. At 14 weeks the labial fold is visible by ultrasound, and a labial fold means baby girl. No labial fold means a boy.
My brother and his wife had this same experience early on, and it was indeed a boy and a girl. Good luck sweetheart. Take care and have fun with your babies!!
2007-05-03 12:54:38 · answer #5 · answered by wwhrd 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
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2017-03-02 01:23:10 · answer #6 · answered by William 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your having a boy and a girl the girl beats faster then the boy..I am the mother of 14month old twins boy and girl its normal..congrats!!!
2007-05-03 12:56:54 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Maybe you have one boy and one girl?
2007-05-03 12:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by purplebinky 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋