The most common cause of an irregular heartbeat in children is isolated premature beats.
Baby born with irregular heartbeat.
Obstetrics gynecology an irregular fetal heartbeat typically does not indicate long term issues.
In most cases an irregular heartbeat is abnormal.
Hearing a developing baby s heartbeat is one of the milestones of pregnancy.
Fetal arrhythmia is a term that refers to any abnormality in the heart rate of your baby.
These can include tachycardia an increased heart rate or bradycardia which is a slowed heartbeat.
Fortunately in many instances these can be completely benign.
And hearing it at every prenatal visit is comforting.
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.