78212 is a urban zip code in San Antonio, Texas. The population is racially diverse, and mostly single. At $118,900 the average home value here is a bit higher than average for the San Antonio metro area, so this probably isn't the place to look for housing bargains.
When will I be able to hear my baby's heartbeat? At around 10 weeks, a Doppler ultrasound will allow you to hear your baby's heartbeat for the first timeâbut her heartbeat will already be visible on ultrasound by the time you are about six weeks pregnant. (To see what your baby's heartbeat looks like at six weeks, check out Drs. Doubilet and Benson's site: yourdevelopingbaby.com.) The first detection of the baby's heartbeat has both medical and emotional significance, says Dr. Doubilet.
Though there are many words to describe the moment that you first hear your baby's heartbeat, most people use words like galloping to describe how the heart rate sounds. 1  While the heart rate in pregnancy is faster than an adult's heart rate, the truth is that a normal fetal heart rate changes during the stages of pregnancy. How Your Baby's Heart Rate Changes. At about five weeks gestation, your baby's heart begins to beat. At this point, a normal fetal heart rate is about the same heart rate as the mother's: 80 to 85 beats per minute (bpm). From this point, it will increase its rate about three beats per minute per day during that first month.