Baby Born With Irregular Heartbeat

Both premature atrial contractions and premature ventricular contractions are relatively common in children.

Baby born with irregular 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. Hearing a developing baby s heartbeat is one of the milestones of pregnancy. These can include tachycardia an increased heart rate or bradycardia which is a slowed heartbeat. The normal heart rate for a fetus is anywhere between 120 and 160 beats per minute.

The most common cause of an irregular heartbeat in children is isolated premature beats. Obstetrics gynecology an irregular fetal heartbeat typically does not indicate long term issues. More than 85 of fetuses with an irregular heartbeat have a generally benign condition called extrasystole which is the medical term for a skipped beat. Fortunately in many instances these can be completely benign.