I am referring at this moment to an 8 week old, but if you have info about older fetuses, that's okay too.
I went for my ultrasound, and had consumed what I thought was caffeine free soda, but it turns out that it DID have caffeine.
The heart rate was 169...just wondering if that was a result of the caffeine that I drank about 75 minutes before the ultrasound.
2007-08-31 04:26:24 · 11 answers · asked by gg 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
at 8 weeks thats completely normal, cafeein or no. when i went at 8 weeks it was 175. when i went at 14 it was 150.
congrats! your baby will keep maturing and that little heartrate will slow down
2007-08-31 04:31:37 · answer #1 · answered by 2/08 is the due date! 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Heart Rate And Caffeine
2016-10-16 11:08:32 · answer #2 · answered by sutliff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I drink a moderate amount of caffeine during pregnancy, and my baby's heart beat has always been on the lower side....'ol wives tale would detect it would be a boy..but it's a girl. Maybe it could play a small role, but caffeine has been around for forever...so there would be more information about it raising the fetal heart rate by now, but there really isn't that much out there. Good Luck!
2007-08-31 04:39:26 · answer #3 · answered by Roz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I drank moderate amounts of caffeine (maybe 1 soda per day) throughout both of my pregnancies. My doctor told me that that amount was ok. I have two children one boy and one girl. And for me the girl had the higher heart rate and the boy had the lower. If your doctor didn't think the babies heart rate was too high, then I wouldn't worry about it. You shouldn't drink gallons of caffeine when pregnant. But one soda every now and then is ok.
2007-08-31 04:32:34 · answer #4 · answered by kat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the caffeine did affect the heart rate of your baby- it wasn't by much because a normal heart rate is about 150-175 beats per minute anyway.
My doctor told me that a little caffeine wasn't harmful.
2007-08-31 04:33:56 · answer #5 · answered by E 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With my first ultrasound my babies heartbeat was 167 and I stopped drinking caffeine the minute I found out i was pregnant (4 weeks) and my ultrasound was at 9 weeks. But the old wives tale was true in my case..the fastest the heartbeat more likely its a girl and sure enough, I'm having a baby girl, Isabella Catherine!!
2007-08-31 04:32:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A: Lose the caffeine. No one is sure of the effects that it has on your baby or pregnancy - and there are plenty of tasty, healthy drinks out there.
B: Babies heart rate is normally that high early in pregnancy. It doesn't start slowing down to birth levels (120-140) until what is called the 'parasympathetic nervous system' is developed, which has a slowing effect on the heart rate.
Even children don't have the same heart rate as an adult (60-80). As they develop, their heart rate slowly slows from the 120 range at birth to the adult rate through their early childhood.
Normal Values for resting heart rate:
newborn infants; 100 to 160 beats per minute
children 1 to 10 years; 70 to 120 beats per minute
children over 10 and adults (including seniors); 60 to 100 beats per minute
well-trained athletes; 40 to 60 beats per minute
2007-08-31 04:43:35 · answer #7 · answered by hmmmm 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Shouldn't have caffeine, and especially not soda. There's nothing nutritious in there, nothing natural. You can give it up temporarily. Why would you expose you baby to all those chemicals?
I know it's not a popular answer but have to say it, I just can't imagine prioritizing like this between a soda and my baby!
2007-08-31 08:03:17 · answer #8 · answered by Pixie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Newest studies show that as many as 3 caffeinated drinks in a single day will have NO effect on an unborn child.
2007-08-31 04:30:11 · answer #9 · answered by Betsy 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I had caffeine throughout my pregnancy and her heartrate was always between 145-155
2007-08-31 04:29:02 · answer #10 · answered by Heather A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋