low fetal heart rate decelerations, i'm worried!?

Question

Low fetal heart rate at 18 weeks. How to treat it?

Answer 1

In labor?: How are you finding them? Checking at home or on a monitor in the hospital? Either way, go to your closest hospital and get checked to be sure that your baby is doing ok. Good luck!

Answer 2

Referral: Allow me to referral you to my colleague who is a perinatologist.

Answer 3

Babies tell us a lot: Monitoring a fetus by fetal hr, ultrasound or the expectant woman's perception of activity is important. No one test can tell us everything we need to know, but together they can tell us which babies might be better off delivered. If a baby is near term and the testing is worrisome then obstetric specialists or subspecialists might deliver. But conditions can change. Plus every case is different.

Answer 4

Head compression: Expulsive efforts (pushing) increases compression of the fetal head. There are some dangerous patterns of low heart rate that may lead an obstetrician to intervene in this process.

Answer 5

Head compression.: Typically, the fetal heart rate decreases episodically with contractions during the pushing stage of labor as the fetal head is compressed and rapidly descends in the birth canal. Head compression causes a parasympathetic neural discharge that slows the heart rate as long as the intracranial pressure continues. Other causes: cord compression, placental failure can also occur.

Answer 6

110-160 bpm.: 110-160 beats per minute.

Answer 7

Many causes.: Bradyarrhythmias (heart block, hypothyroidism, drugs) can lower the fetal heart rate persistently, however the most common reason is cord or placental accidents that threaten the fetal well-being. Your obstetrician and/or perinatologist should be able to help you avoid this problem.

Answer 8

Not sure: Fetal heart rates are generally not slow ....Please consult with your OB for further clarification.

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