Baby has irregular heartbeat. 35 weeks. Very scared

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Hi everyone so a little background information I suffer with anxiety and had decreased fetal movement for a while so was admitted to hospital until baby is born. Shes been fine these few days but this morning i was put on ctg monitor and noticed my baby had an irregular heartbeat, would miss a beat every 10 beats or so. I am terrified. This has never happened before and during the trace she was moving fine. Midwife came in and said trace was fine but i'm going to mention it to doctor when they come on their rounds. I've had about 5 scans and my baby has been fine in all of them, no problems at all. So i'm just really scared as to why this is happening. Anyone have anything similar happen? I'm so worried

Jodie1982 i am so so sorry to hear that. I am sending prayers to you and your baby. I agree my anxiety is a really big problem, i am seeing a therapist who is coming to the hospital tomorrow, so i will speak to her about all my concerns. I hate to complain about something the drs have told me not to worry about when there is much worse others have to deal with. I do think this routes down to my anxiety. I am trying to tell myself my baby is happy and healthy and not long at all until i met her.

I hope you manage to enjoy the last few wks. It must be so tiring for you. Hopefully the therapist can give you some help and advice. Do you get much sleep whilst in hospital? I never get to sleep and you must be shattered.

Thank you Jodie1982 I don't get much sleep no. I think that's mainly because of my anxiety because i have been given my own room so i'm never disturbed. Like for last night I stupidly stayed up till 4 30 am to keep an eye on baby's movements even though they were fine during the day. I am gonna try get some sleep after i see drs & therapist.

Have spoken to midwife who said its ectopic beats and she will mention it to the baby drs for my reassurance. Feeling a bit better about that now