Sentences with word «occiput»

Persistent fetal occiput posterior position: Obstetric outcomes.

Distance from occiput to stop equal to distance from stop to tip of nose.

Left Occiput Posterior places the baby's back opposite the maternal liver and may let the baby flex (curl) his or her back and therefore tuck the chin for a better birth.

The most optimal position for a baby to be in to deliver vaginally is left occiput anterior (LOA).

Manual rotation of the fetal occiput in the setting of fetal malposition in the second stage of labor is a reasonable intervention to consider before moving to operative vaginal delivery or cesarean delivery.

Right Occiput Transverse (ROT) is a common starting position in which the baby has a bit more likelihood of rotating to the posterior during labor than to the anterior.

Right Occiput Posterior usually involves a straight back with a lifted chin (in the first - time mother).

The skull should be fairly long, slightly domed at occiput with cranium broad and full.

Positions such as occiput posterior (when baby is facing the mother's abdomen) can cause pressure from the baby's head to be applied to the mother's sacrum (the tailbone).

He will share the bodywork he uses with up to 1/4 of his clients, which frees the atlas / occiput junction and promotes spinal harmonic resonance thus affecting everything from newborn's ability to latch on and nurse and develop appropriate movements to adults» physiologic functioning, movement coordination, general health and level of available energy.

When the back of the head is facing the back of the mother (posterior) the baby's position is called Occiput Posterior.

as I'd required an IV just in case things went pear - shaped (low B12 and low iron and was told that I'd have needed a transfusion if I'd lost more than 500mL), needed a little boost of pitocin for that one, and my babies tend to be Persistent Occiput Posterior Position deliveries.

In addition to greater expectant management of the second stage, two other practices could potentially reduce cesarean deliveries in the second stage: 1) operative vaginal delivery and 2) manual rotation of the fetal occiput for malposition.

However, the research does state that if the back labor is due to the baby being in an undesirable position, such as the previously mentioned occiput posterior position, that CAN cause complications.

The earlier skull is typical erectus in its morphology, yet has a rounded occiput and a brain case of about 1390cc.

There is a definite occiput.

Broken down, «brachy» means short, and «cephalic» means head; thus these are breeds that have a short distance from occiput to the end of the muzzle.

Strong latent labor swings about a third of these to left occiput transverse (back of the baby's head is to mama's left and baby is facing her right) before dilation begins (in «pre-labor» or «false labor»).»

The Miles Circuit is a series of stretches that not only feel awesome but also help baby get into optimal position, ideally, in the «Left Occiput Anterior» (LOA) Position.

Right Occiput Anterior (ROA): In this common fetal body placement before birth, the baby's head faces to the mother's left thigh (to the health care provider's right if she's facing the birthing baby), and the baby's face is more toward the mother's buttocks.

Damage to the top of the neck (atlas / occiput junction), causes pressure on the brain stem switching the body into a chronic sympathetic overdrive.

Right Occiput Posterior puts baby into mother's right and can turn finding the heart beat into a bit of a search.

Skull long, not too narrow with a prominent occiput.

An alternative approach is manual rotation of the fetal occiput, which has been associated with a safe reduction in the risk of cesarean delivery and is supported by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (43 — 45).

Operative Findings include:... male infant in vertex presentation, occiput posterior with a tight nuchal cord.

Flat Head Syndrome (positional plagiocephaly) is usually easy to notice as the back of the head known as the occiput will be flattened on one side.

Occiput posterior position.

... Patient B delivered a male infant («Baby B») by LSTCS, with a vertex fetal presentation and occiput posterior («OP») position at birth.

If the baby lies in the occiput posterior presentation (where he is facing the mother's abdomen) it means that the harder part of the baby's skull may rest on the lower part of mom's spine (the tailbone) causing pain.

In a 2005 study of 700 women whose babies were in the Occiput Posterior position, it was found that these moms - to - be were no more likely to suffer back labor than those whose little bundles were in other positions.

My back was very uncomfortable and I knew that Elizabeth had been occiput posterior for at least a month.

This is particularly helpful if you are experiencing back labor or if your baby is occiput posterior (OP) or face up.

(Your doctor would more formally call this the «occiput posterior position», by the way.)

Typically, the back of the child's head, called the occiput (AHK - suh - puht), is flattened on one side.

When a baby is head - down but facing your abdomen, she's said to be in the occiput posterior (OP) position — or posterior position, for short.

I personally think (my non-medical opinion) that the cesarean was the result of all of the drugs that were administered to me during labor (with my consent) and the artificial rupturing of my membrane when the baby was still high up in the uterus in the occiput posterior position.

OA means your baby's head is in a «occiput anterior» position.

OP means «occiput posterior» which means your baby still needs to make a turn to fit better through your pelvis.

those in which baby's back and occiput (lower part of the back of the head) are appropriately supported

Positional asphyxia can occur due to the prominence of the occiput (back of the head), as well as the overall lack of neck muscle strength, which forces the head to slouch forward pushing the infant's chin down against his / her chest.6 This body position causes the windpipe to narrow or close.

When your baby is in the occiput posterior position, better known as «sunny side up», its head is down near the cervix where it should be but is facing your stomach instead of your spine.

Additionally, women who are more than 40 weeks pregnant or who have a higher body mass index of 29 or more are more likely to have a child who sits in the occiput posterior position.

A woman with a baby in the Left Occiput Posterior, especially if the baby's chin is tucked or flexed

These effects are in comparison to a baby in the left occiput anterior or left occiput transverse fetal position at the start of labor.

Occiput posterior and occiput transverse positions are associated with an increase in cesarean delivery and neonatal complications (41, 42).

Historically, forceps rotation of the fetal occiput from occiput posterior or occiput transverse was common practice.

Parity, delayed pushing, use of epidural analgesia, maternal body mass index, birth weight, occiput posterior position, and fetal station at complete dilation all have been shown to affect the length of the second stage of labor (26).