Heartrate question

[Emma09]

Hi all,

Just a quick question:
I have hired a doppler and it arrived today.
Of course I couldn't wait to try it out.
The CD doesn't seem to want to work on my computer- so I decided to wing it.
It seems that I found the heartbeat, but it only registered at 140 bpm?
Shouldn't it be faster than this?

[Rach75]

nup my bubs have alwasy sat at 141BPM the old wives take is 140 and under is a boy 140 over is a girl dont take that to heart my boy, girl and this one have all been 141BPM

[JordieC]

I was going to day 140 seems very normal and I've heard that means boys too. I think it's meant to be over 120 and if it was between 100-120 that woul dbe okay too. Try not to stress youself out!! Maybe baby was sleeping!

[rufalina]

Yeah it should be roughly double yours... so say 110 - 160. and it will change depending on bubs level of activity...

[Alan]

The normal heart rate should be between 110 and 160. It is also normal for for it to be faster or slower than this for short periods of time