One of the milestones of fetal development is when the heart begins to beat. Usually, it may be possible to see the first visible sign of the embryo, known as the fetal pole, at roughly 5–6 weeks of pregnancy. Below, we look into the timeline of a fetus developing a heartbeat and ...
While the two go hand in hand, they are different. Your heart rate is a measure of the number of times yourheart beatsin a minute. With each beat, your heart squeezes. That creates enough pressure to push blood out of your heart to the rest of your body through a network of arteries...