heart rate musings

[Torsornin]

mind you I am not panicked at all.. just musing

A friend lent me a doppler. So I have been listening for the HR - Not sure if I heard it tonight - thought I am inclined to think not. I am fairly thin, but my uterus is retroverted and S shaped so I know my babies heart beat is going to be harder to find till later on in the pregnancy. Which brings me to what my babies HR should be.
At 7+1 (measuring) the babies HR was 161 I thought nothing of it, knew that was an OK # that was good enough for me. So tonight I heard a HR of 140 (again not sure it was the babies) so I started looking up how much a fetus HR varies. And here is what I found

5 Weeks (Beginning) 80-85 bpm
5 Weeks starts at 80 and ends at 103 bpm
6 Weeks starts at 103 and ends at 126 bpm
7 Weeks starts at 126 and ends at 149 bpm
8 Weeks starts at 149 and ends at 172 bpm
9 Weeks 155-195 bpm (average 175 bpm)
12 Weeks 120-180 bpm (average 150 bpm)

so according to these parameters at 7 weeks mine was measuring a bit high.( I PROMISE I am not panicked about this) I wonder if that means my pregnancy is further along than the dr estimated. If I am measuring a bit small (which doesnt panic me as my hubby was a VERY tiny baby at term - and very small runs in his family)


Or does it mean absolutely nothing
Personally - I thought I was a week further on than what the dr measured me as

for another fun, this is yet another sign I am having a girl (I know this was debunked) but another fun gender predictor

 

[saraaa]

Mine is about 175 at the mo, which could mean girl by the old wives tail and Chinese pregnancy calendar says girl too, so I'm excited to see lol x

 

[lm3898]

Mine was 116 at 6+3 and 155 at 8+6 [though baby measured one day ahead at both appts]. Doctor said both were completely normal hbs for that range even though I was worried it was very low! I'm excited/nervous to see what it will be Wednesday at my 11+1 appt. There is such a large range of "normal" when it comes to this stuff!

 

[kaylacrouch93]

mine was 140 at 7 +2

 

[hopefulfor1st]

My boys was always around 140-145 but its normal to go up at times of high activity.

 

[Celesse]

Doppler display screen on an at home doppler isn't accurate this early on, so unless your counting the beats I wouldn't worry about the read out.