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There is a commonly held belief that if you're having a girl,
then the fetal heart rate will be above 140 beats per minute.
This belief might
have started with a grain of truth.
Female fetuses do appear to have faster heart rates than male fetuses during
labor.
However, for most of pregnancy there is no relationship between the fetal heart
rate and the sex of the fetus .
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Robles de Medina PG, et al., Fetal behaviour does not differ between boys and girls.Early Hum Dev. 2003 ;73(1-2):17-26.PMID: 12932890
Oguch O and Steer P. Gender does not affect fetal heart rate variation.Br J Obstet Gynaecol.;105(12):1312-4.PMID: 9883924
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Created: 7/10/2007
Reviewed: Mark Curran, M.D. |
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