Fetal Monitors

jhewz asked:

cindy bell, a 20 y/o gravida 2, para 1 at 40 weeks gestation, presents to you in the birthing unit with contractions every 5-7mins. She is accompanied by her husband. Spontaneous rupture of membranes occured 2″ prior to admission. Cindy tells you that the field was colorless and clear. You orient Cindy and he family to the birthing room & perform a physical assessment, documenting the ff. data: VS are normal. A vaginal exam demonstrate the cervix is 75% effaced, 4cm dilated w/ a vertext at (-1) station in the LOP position. You place on an external fetal monitor. The FHR baseline is 140-147 w/ accelerations to 156bpm no accelerations are noted. Contractions are 5-6mins. apart, moderate intensity and lasting 40-50secs. Cindy states she would like to stay out of bed as long as possible bec. lying down seems to make the contractions more painful, especially in her back.

Question posted courtesy of: Renee

unicarel asked:

I have a HiBebe fetal monitor… the heart rate that it’s showing varies… a lot. One second it says 240, the next 123, the next 135, etc… how can I tell which is my heartbeat and which is my baby’s?

Question posted courtesy of: Frederick

momie_2bee asked:

I’m 23 weeks and the baby isn’t as active as he was 2 weeks ago, I feel him move maybe 3-4 times a day at the most, i have a fetal heart monitor I rented from babybeat.com and the baby’s heatr rate is always good around 150 bpm. My doc says as long as the heart rate is good then movement isn’t that important, I was wondering if anyone else went thru this at almost 6 months, I lost a baby at 20 weeks due to an umbilical cord accident so I worry about the movement, I already know to drink something sweet or cold but it doesn’t really work, any advice would be great, thanks

Question posted courtesy of: Regina

Jen C asked:

I am 18.5 weeks pregnant and I have a fetal heart monitor at home. I can hear the fetal blood flow but I am not sure if I can hear the heartbeat. If there is good fetal blood flow does that mean the baby is perfectly fine? or should i keep looking around for the heartbeat. I could be crazy and be hearing the heartbeat its just so hard to tell so I wanted to know if the blood flow was good enough to hear.

Question posted courtesy of: Melanie

CaliforniaLove asked:

I just purchsed a Taiyi brand Fetal Heart Monitor off of ebay. I paid $81 + $16 shipping. It looks just like the doctors one. Plus the company has a refund policy. I am hoping it works! I am 15 weeks!

Have you used this brand monitor?

Plus, where do I buy the gel that works with these monitors?

Question posted courtesy of: Norma