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A fetal arrhythmia is an irregular heart rate — too fast, too slow, or otherwise outside the norm. It's often benign. Postpartum diarrhea after a C-section is normal. Health Conditions Discover Plan Connect. What is fundal height? How is fundal height measured? What if my fundal height is too large? What if my fundal height is too small? Parenthood Pregnancy Pregnancy Health. Pregnancy Doctors and Birthing Options. Maintaining a Healthy Pregnancy. Your provider may order an ultrasound to confirm your due date, in case you're not as far along as you thought.
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Practice bulletin number Join now to personalize. Photo credit: Thinkstock. How is my baby's growth measured during pregnancy? What does it mean if I'm measuring "large for gestational age"? Now that you have completed this study session, you can assess how well you have achieved its Learning Outcomes by answering the questions below Case Study You can check your answers with the Notes on the Self-Assessment Questions at the end of this Module.
Abebech is a pregnant woman, whose duration of gestation based on her last normal menstrual period LNMP is six months. When you examine her, you can feel that the fundus is four finger-widths above her bellybutton and you can hear a fetal heartbeat clearly.
The gestational age based on fundal height is one month more than expected from the date of the LNMP. Therefore, the uterus is bigger than expected from the date of the LNMP.
The uterus may be bigger than expected because the date of the LNMP may be incorrect, and Abebech is really seven months pregnant. This is not a problem, but it is important to investigate other possible explanations. For example, she may have too much amniotic fluid water surrounding the baby in the uterus; you should refer her to a health facility where she can have an ultrasound examination to find out if this is the problem.
Or she could have a twin pregnancy. If you suspect she is having twins, refer her to the nearest health facility. In short this allows you to use the content throughout the world without payment for non-commercial purposes in accordance with the Creative Commons non commercial sharealike licence. Please read this licence in full along with OpenLearn terms and conditions before making use of the content.
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Printable page generated Saturday, 13 Nov , Use 'Print preview' to check the number of pages and printer settings. Print functionality varies between browsers. Printable page generated Saturday, 13 Nov , Antenatal Care Module: Learning Outcomes for Study Session 10 When you have studied this session, you should be able to: Healthy signs The height of the uterus matches the gestational age of the fetus, i. Warning signs The height of the uterus does not match the number of weeks or months of pregnancy.
The top of the uterus rises more than, or less than, two finger-widths or 4 cm every month. It is called the fundus. Box View larger image. Figure Then see how many months pregnant the woman is by comparing the number of fingers with Figure The woman is lying on her back. Each line represents the width of two fingers. See Figure Babies may drop lower in the weeks just before birth look back at Box How would you record the measurements shown in Figure Follow the curve of her abdomen, and hold the tape at the top of her uterus Figure Write down the number of centimetres cm from the top of the pubic bone to the top of the uterus.
Place the 0 zero of the tape measure here. If you are measuring correctly and you do not find the top of the uterus where you expect it to be, based on the date the woman gave you for her LNMP, it could mean three different things: The due date you got by counting from the LNMP could be wrong.
The uterus and the baby could be growing too fast. The uterus and the baby could be growing too slowly. The mother may have diabetes. The mother may have too much water amniotic fluid in the uterus. The mother may have a molar pregnancy a tumour instead of a baby. The mother may have twins It can be very difficult to know for sure that a mother is pregnant with twins.
Signs of twins are that: The uterus grows faster or larger than normal. You can hear two heartbeats. This is not easy to detect, but it may be possible in the last few months. Here are two ways to try to hear the heartbeats of twins: Figure The mother may have diabetes You learned about the warning signs of diabetes in Study Session 9. If a woman had all the warning signs of diabetes, what would you expect to find?
Too much water in the uterus Too much water amniotic fluid is not always a problem, but it can cause the uterus to stretch too much. Molar pregnancy tumour Sometimes a woman gets pregnant, but a tumour grows instead of a baby. Sometimes there is less water than usual, and everything is still OK.
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