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Baby's Heartbeat and recognizable features

by kim'spregnant, Jul 12, 2007 12:00AM

Tags: heartbeat, fertility, children, eyes, head, Pregnancy, ultrasound, worry

Hi, this is my first pregnancy and I worry about everything! I am 9 weeks 2 days today and at 8 weeks 5 days I got an early ultrasound. My baby's heartbeat was 180bpm. Is that too fast? Also, I got to see the baby but I didn't notice any recognizable features such as a nose or eyes and they head seemed large and VERY round. Is all this normal? Or should I continue to worry? Thanks, KIM

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by shayla1, Jul 12, 2007 12:00AM

Sounds VERY normal to me. At my 8 week my baby's heart rate was 170..they said that at this early stage anything under 200 is normal.
CONGRATS.

by kellym, Jul 12, 2007 12:00AM

My 8 weeks 3 day appt. was 173, sounds great!

by SDteacher, Jul 12, 2007 12:00AM

You may get more responses on the pregnancy forum. Many of us don't know because we are trying to get pregnant. However some of the ladies may have children. I don't. I am trying. 8-)

by shesherm, Jul 13, 2007 12:00AM

sound normal. the head is bigger for quite a while. at 9wks 6 days my HB was 176. you have a great HB TRY to relax...LOL easier said than done

by tina1111

, Jul 13, 2007 12:00AM

U/S differ from machine to machine, too. I had one where I could barely see anything at 12wks and another the next day that was like a window to the womb and it wasn't a 3D. Hb is great, I don't think you have any worries :)

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