In most cases an irregular heartbeat is abnormal.
Baby born with irregular heartbeat.
These can include tachycardia an increased heart rate or bradycardia which is a slowed heartbeat.
As long as extrasystole doesn t occur too often even as many as several skipped beats per minute and there s no congenital heart disease it s not a big deal.
And hearing it at every prenatal visit is comforting.
Obstetrics gynecology an irregular fetal heartbeat typically does not indicate long term issues.
The normal heart rate for a fetus is anywhere between 120 and 160 beats per minute.
Fetal arrhythmia is a term that refers to any abnormality in the heart rate of your baby.
The most common cause of an irregular heartbeat in children is isolated premature beats.
Both premature atrial contractions and premature ventricular contractions are relatively common in children.