These can include tachycardia an increased heart rate or bradycardia which is a slowed heartbeat.
Baby born with irregular heartbeat.
The normal heart rate for a fetus is anywhere between 120 and 160 beats per minute.
Hearing a developing baby s heartbeat is one of the milestones of pregnancy.
Both premature atrial contractions and premature ventricular contractions are relatively common in children.
In most cases an irregular heartbeat is abnormal.
Fortunately in many instances these can be completely benign.
And hearing it at every prenatal visit is comforting.
More than 85 of fetuses with an irregular heartbeat have a generally benign condition called extrasystole which is the medical term for a skipped beat.
The most common cause of an irregular heartbeat in children is isolated premature beats.