Hi all

I think I'm probably worrying over nothing, but I had an OB appointment today and bub's heart rate was 176. Everything I read is that it should be a fair bit lower than this by now. Two weeks ago it was 167. I know all sorts of things affect the heart rate at any given time but does this seem too high?

My OB didn't seem concerned, but he was really checking to make sure it wasn't too low, as I have a risk of the baby developing congenital heart block due to SSA antibodies.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.