Fetal station refers to the position your baby is in within your pelvis in late pregnancy and during labor. Your prenatal care provider might check your baby's station as your due date nears or ...

New Fetal Heart Monitor Could Give Better Health Picture During Labor Date: January 17, 2005 Source: University Of Florida Summary: In hopes of giving doctors a better assessment of fetal well ...

Monitoring the fetal heart rate exposes the risk of hypoxia. A lack of oxygen in the fetus can be identified by recording the fetal heart rate during labor. A zigzag pattern, meaning an increased ...

During Wednesday’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), a staunch opponent of abortion, asked Bhattacharya whether he ...

In a retrospective cohort study, the 95th percentile duration of second-stage labor was more than 2 hours longer with epidural during labor for both nulliparous and multiparous women.

New tech gives moms extra safety during labor at University of Maryland hospitals. ... “Our nurses can identify abnormalities in fetal heart tracings and make clinical decisions in real time. ...

According to the CDC, Mississippi residents underwent over 80,000 labor inductions and subsequent cesarean deliveries between 2016 and 2022. Among those whose labor was induced, 93% did not have a ...

MESA, AZ — A Mesa birthing center has promised changes after state regulators found the center failed to ensure staff properly monitored fetal heartbeat in at least one case. As the ABC15 ...

Cadence II is a lightweight, space-saving fetal monitor. The external and internal monitoring parameters ensure it can be used up to and during the second stage labor. It also can be connected to ...

Late fetal deaths after 28 weeks of pregnancy fell by 4% from 2.8 per 1,000 live births and deaths in 2021 to 2.69 last year. That rate was 2.78 in 2020.