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Fetal distress
Fetal distress refers to signs of illness in the baby prior to birth. In order to check the well-being of the baby while you are in labor, your health care providers will monitor the baby's heart rate. While fetal heart monitoring does not prevent a problem from occurring, but changes in the baby's heart rate can help to alert the health care provider that something might be wrong.
Is a type of:Pregnancy complications
How long it usually lasts:
Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)
How common is it?
Rare
Body locations
Baby / fetus
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