Low Fetal Heart Rate - Articles
Monitoring the fetal heart rate with the old method
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Pedro M.
Before sharing the great news of our new fetal heart monitor, we wanted to show you what the midwives have been using here at Nata clinic. They use a cone shaped device to put on the mothers stomache and then listen to the heart rate.Sr. Nurse Gaokwale is pictured above showing you how it works. This is extremely difficult and often ineffective e ...
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Hearing the Fetal Heartbeat
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Sharon LaMothe
IP's have asked me questions regarding the fetal heart beat and what is 'normal' and if the heart rate can indicate to us if the baby is a boy or a girl. I came a crossed this very informative article by Marjorie Greenfield, MD and thought I would let HER explain the ins and outs of heartbeat monitoring. Sharon www.InfertilityAnswers ...
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FDA Warning: Potential Inaccurate Readings on Fetal Monitors
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AtYourCervix
My own side comment: even though my facility does not use this type of fetal monitor, these "problems" are an every day occurrence. Our monitors half/double/pick up maternal heart rates frequently. It's not all about the almighty machinery - it's about the nurse being competent enough to know how to use her eyes, hands and ears: how t ...
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Fetal Monitors Produce Inaccurate Results – FDA warning
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Sheridan Ripley
Well, this is disconcerting. I wonder how many unneccessary cesareans these machines caused. How many more will they cause if hospitals don’t get these models replaced or fixed?September 7, 2009 — Fetal monitors made by Philips Healthcare, Avalon Models FM20, FM30, FM40, and FM50 and ultrasound transducer, may produce inaccurate read ...
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Low maximum heart rate signals fitness
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Dr. Gabe M.
No matter how hard I exercise, my heart rate never gets as high as my husband's. Should I be concerned? No; it may just mean that you are in very good shape. Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University in England showed that athletes have much lower maximum heart rates than sedentary people and that female athletes have lower maximum heart rate ...
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Old Wives' Tales
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Meredy
Old wives' tales are perhaps as old as language itself. They're part of our oral tradition, originating long before pen and ink, books and movies, and certainly before the Internet. Why do we cling to such tales about common ailments and our health when we live in a world rich with medical expertise and proven treatments and cures? Some probably h ...
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home as safe as hospital
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Kim C.
That's what another study, the largest ever, found about birth. It compares apples to apples, low risk to low risk. It parses the concerns & aspirations of a shift in maternity care in the UK, where the government has pledged to give all women the option of a home birth by the end of this year. Here's the BBC link where you can also listen to ...
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Heart Rate
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Matt M.
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I bought a Polar heart rate monitor the other week. I was curious as to what my maximum heart rate is, and what it is during exercise. I'm not one of those people who think a heart rate monitor is a required tool for exercise, but I thought it might be a good long-term purchase. A person's maximum heart rate is supposed to decrease with age, so ...
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Exercise and Pregnancy: Good for You and Your Kid
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Jeremiah D.
This article builds on previous research showing exercise is good for pregnant moms. Now, exercise has been shown to be good for the little one, too. The study examined the heart rates of fetuses at various stages of development, and determined that the fetuses of mothers who exercised regularly had improved cardiovascular functioning (as measured ...
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