Sentences with phrase «foetal heart»

«Before the early 80s it was standard practice for women to give birth in a hospital bed — flat on their back with their feet in stirrups and strapped firmly to a foetal heart monitor.

Soon after the attempted forceps delivery the foetal heart rate had slowed down precipitately.

Hospitals now will literally only prevent a woman from being in a certain position if they can see from the foetal heart tracing that the baby isn't tolerating that position or if monitoring is necessary for safety and the desired position is interfering with the signal.

Foetal heart starts to develop by the third week and by the fifth week it begins to beat and can be seen as a tiny flicker from the vaginal ultrasound.

Well, it's easy enough to have a good working relationship with someone if your contact consists of «here are my notes, mama decided to transfer, foetal heart tones were strong right up until they weren't, see ya!»

If a MW couldn't hear foetal heart tones at a TERM antenatal appointment and IUFD was diagnosed, few women would still opt for HB.

If you only intermittently monitor foetal heart rate you'll miss a lot of foetal distress.

During labour, the baby's heart rate will be monitored closely (this is known as foetal heart monitoring); there may be changes in the baby's heart rate if the baby starts to become distressed; if this is the case, the midwife may try to speed up the labour so that the baby can be delivered quickly.

Not exact matches

A foetal Doppler is an ultrasound machine that is specially designed to direct sound waves towards a baby's heart and then uses the reflected sound to detect the sound made by the baby's heart.

Breech Twins and higher order multiples Previous CS Pre-Eclampsia Placenta praevia Cervical incompetence Previous late stillbirth Previous premature birth Grand multiparty Age under 18 Age over 35 Smoking Drug use Severe mental health issue Epilepsy Type 1 diabetes Type 2 diabetes Gestational diabetes Asthma GBS positive Abnormal antibodies Transplant recipient Congenital heart disease Known foetal abnormality Immunosuppressive medication MS Physical disability Intellectual disability Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism Previous shoulder dystocia Previous 3rd or 4th degree tear Sickle Cell anaemia BMI under 18 or over 35 at conception Previous massive PPH APH in current pregnancy HIV / AIDS Hepatitis B or C Active TB IUGR Oligohydramnios Polyhydramnios Child previously removed from custody because of abuse Uterine abnormalities such as uterine septum or double uterus Previous uterine surgery for fibroids Chronic renal problems Hypertension Auto immune condition Previous stroke or blod clot Cancer Domestic violence or abusive home Prisoners Homeless women

(borrowed from Dr Kitty) Breech Twins and higher order multiples Previous CS Pre-Eclampsia Placenta praevia Cervical incompetence Previous late stillbirth Previous premature birth Grand multiparty Age under 18 Age over 35 Smoking Drug use Severe mental health issue Epilepsy Type 1 diabetes Type 2 diabetes Gestational diabetes Asthma GBS positive Abnormal antibodies Transplant recipient Congenital heart disease Known foetal abnormality Immunosuppressive medication MS Physical disability Intellectual disability Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism Previous shoulder dystocia Previous 3rd or 4th degree tear Sickle Cell anaemia BMI under 18 or over 35 at conception Previous massive PPH APH in current pregnancy HIV / AIDS Hepatitis B or C Active TB IUGR Oligohydramnios Polyhydramnios Child previously removed from custody because of abuse Uterine abnormalities such as uterine septum or double uterus Previous uterine surgery for fibroids Chronic renal problems Hypertension Auto immune condition Previous stroke or blod clot Cancer Domestic violence or abusive home Prisoners Homeless women

I've blogged before about being pregnant with diabetes and one of the implications of this is that I need to travel to London to have a foetal cardiology scan, to check that the baby's heart is developing properly.

The presence of elevated anti-cardiolipin antibodies is significantly associated with clots within the heart or blood vessels, in poor blood clotting, haemorrhage, bleeding into the skin, foetal loss and neurological conditions.

I would love to tell you all about the sci fi - horror plotline twists and turns, but in truth I find each cut scene to be an opportunity to lie in the foetal position and attempt to get my heart rate down below 340 bpm.