Hi everyone,
Posting here for traffic as I am hoping for some shared experiences or a heads up on "what to expect".
I am currently 28wks pregnant with first baby. I am consultant led antenatal care due to hypothyroidism. At a routine scan today the consultant detected an irregularity in baby's heartbeat, which sounded like a missed beat, and sent me to the fetal assessment unit where they did a heart trace on baby for about 1hr.
Heart trace showed that rather than a missed beat it was slowing down intermittently and as a result I have been referred to fetal-cardiology. They have said it's reassuring that baby's weight, growth, movement, surrounding fluid and placenta are ideal and this issue may be that the heart is still in the early stages of development - thus "immature". They have also said that they cannot rule out a heart defect and may not be able to until baby is here and is examined by a paediatrician.
I haven't worried throughout my whole pregnancy but this has hit me like a train. Can anyone share any experience with this and how things turned out?
Many many thanks.