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Source: U.S. National Institutes of Health; Journal of the American Medical Association, February 3, 2010 I know, I know…Let them sleep on their backs…No wait, only on their stomachs…No wait, on their backs but no pillows…or blankets…No smoking…No pets…Never in bed with you… Perhaps it’s no wonder why the Amercian Academy of Pediatrics is constantly revising guidelines [...] Source: BBC Health; Karolinska Institute (Sweeden) Admittedly it was a small, focused study of 36 newborns, 17 of whose mothers smoked during pregnancy. It is, however, alarming and instructive. Babies that had been exposed to cigarette smoke in utero (While in Mommy’s belly) demonstrated abnormal heart rates and blood pressures. But that’s not all. . .rather than [...] Source: ACOG (The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) July 2009 ACOG has now published a revised version of it’s guidelines for Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) monitoring. In practice Bulletin #106, ACOG has sought to improve consistency of common terms and to reduce variability (bad word choice) in FHR interpretation. FHR was used in less than [...] Our case:*Mrs. H, a 36 year old woman became pregnant and completed all required prenatal care visits. Despite assurances of a normal and healthy pregnancy, Dr. S decided Mrs. H should be admitted for induction as the baby might be “too large for gestational age.” On the evening of August 12, at approximately 10:16 p.m. [...] |
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