If the baby's heartbeat is faster then normal, does that mean they're twins?

Question

My friend is pregnant i think 17 weeks. and her doctor said that the babies heartbeat is faster then normal, so now everyone is saying that she's going to get twins. is that true?

Answer 1

If the doctor said, "...that the BABIES heartbeat is faster then normal," then he would be talking about twins.  However, I think you meant to write "...that the BABY'S heartbeat is faster then normal."  If that is the case, then it is only one baby.  A doctor should be able to differentiate between one and two heartbeats.  Since he didn't tell you that there were two heartbeats, I would assume that there is only one baby in there.  A fast heartbeat has nothing to do with twins.  

Answer 2

No the doctor would know if there was twins. You can hear two different heart beats. The speed of the heartbeat has nothing to do with it. I am pregnant with twins and both there heartbeats are normal.  I could hear both there heartbeats at 12 weeks.  

Answer 3

usually if the suspect she may be having twins they would send her to have an u/s, the baby just might have a fast heartbeat

Answer 4

ummm if the doctor says "babieSSS" that means it's twins. The doctor would immediatly tell her if she is/ isnt carrying twins because multiple births are DUH different. She'd have to know