These devices may feel reassuring, but they aren't always giving you the full picture of your baby's health.

For expectant parents, knowing their baby's heart is beating at a healthy rate can be deeply reassuring. So it's understandable that a device that allows parents to check their baby's heartbeat — a ...

SAN DIEGO -- Frequent fetal heart monitoring is not needed in every pregnant woman testing positive for anti-SSA/anti-Ro autoantibodies, but it's definitely advisable for those with high titers, ...

Heart rate is an important sign of fetal health, yet few technologies exist to easily and inexpensively track fetal heart rates outside of doctors' offices. This can create risks for pregnancies in ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Key Takeaways For most of a pregnancy, normal fetal heart rate will average between 110 and 160 beats per minute.Normal variations in fetal heart rate occur when ...