I can see DD's heart beat on top of her head/fontanelle??

[Karina]

My daughters head does it too, particularly when she gets excited!

[boomba]

Its really freaky hey! I am so glad he has hair now! lol!

[Jaycee]

I'm actually quite fascinated by it, just another amazing baby thing!

[Mum2SweetCs]

It is quite normal. I often think that its beating so hard we can see it because she's storing information in her brains ehhehe

[Sammiejane]

TH reason that you can see the heart beat through the fontanelles is that intracranial pressure ( the pressure inside your head) fluctuates with each heart beat to compensate for the rise in pressure with each stroke of the heart.
If your baby holds its breath or strains you will see it higher than normal, this is just the increase in pressure.
If it is sunken it often indicates dehydration.

So all in all normal, just though i would give you an explanation instead of just agreeing with the others

[Kristin27]

Thanks for the explainations Sammiejane! The room was quite warm when I saw DD's head beating (!) so that could have been a factor too!