How Much Oxygen Should a Baby Have

In the first hour after delivery, normal newborn infants have lower normal oxygen saturation. It may take an hour or more for oxygen saturation to reach levels above 90%. The normal level for a newborn in the first hours of life is typically 88% or more (7). Therefore, oxygen therapy should achieve this level.

What should my baby's oxygen levels be?

Infant’s heart rates vary as well but are inherently higher than an adult’s heart rate. What are oxygen levels? Oxygen levels represent the percentage of oxygen in your blood and are similar between both adults and infants. Ranges of 90-100% blood oxygen is perfectly normal, while levels below 90% can be irregular.

How much oxygen can a baby have?

Rao and Ramji17 published a study suggesting that normal newborn babies have a median or a mean oxygen saturation of 70% at 1 minute of age, and that there is a large variation in normal levels which include saturations as low as 40% in normal healthy neonates.