On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Michael Sylvester wrote:
> I am not sure if this will help: there is evidence that the mother's mood
> may affect the fetus. For example,if she is listening and reacting to
> Zydeco music or any other type of music,the heartbeat of both mom and
> fetus will be synchronized.
>
Hmm. Could you provide a source for that claim? Given that a pregnant
woman's heart rate would be about 60-70 bpm and a fetus's heart rate would
be closer to 150-160 bpm (depending on a lot of things like the number of
weeks gestation), it sounds like someone would have to go *way* up or down
for their heartrates to be "synchronized." Do you mean that the fetus's
heart rate is exactly 2 or 3 times the mother's?
Jeff
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Department of Psychology, Kansas State University
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