Fetal seizures causing increased heart rate variability during terminal fetal hypoxia, ,

Fetal seizures together with both abnormal breathing movements and fluctuations in fetal blood pressure and heart rate resulting in increased fetal heart rate variability have been observed in brain-damaged fetal sheep shortly after an asphyxial insult. We report a clinical example of convulsions and increased heart rate variability during terminal fetal hypoxia. (Am J Obstet Gynecol 1999;181:765-6.)