Tuesday, February 11, 2014

baby monitoring during labour....electrodes?




saz


my twins are almost ready to be born and my doc says that during the labour they will attach a clip to babies heads to monitor their vitals. has anyone else had this, was it uncomfortable, unsuccessful, mark babys head? how does it work exactly?


Answer
Little bit of an overview of 'Internal Fetal Monitoring'
If you want more information, maybe in more detail, google
'Internal Fetal Monitoring'

Internal fetal monitoring is used for high risk births or during a normal birth where the birth team is having trouble keeping the baby on the monitor or the baby's reaction doesn't look great on the less accurate form of external fetal monitoring (EFM).
With internal fetal monitoring the mother's bag of waters must be broken. If it has not broken on it's own then an amniotomy will be performed to break the water. A fetal scalp electrode is placed by screwing a tiny sire into the top layers of the baby's scalp, then relaying the baby's heart rate to the fetal monitor. This is more accurate because it does not use ultrasound.

At the same time an intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) can also be placed inside the uterus. It goes between the uterine wall and the baby. This also allows the midwife or doctor to know the exact force from the contractions, rather than a simple graphical representation given by external monitoring. This is very useful in the case of induction.

Internal monitoring can also prevent an unnecessary cesarean for fetal distress if it shows the baby is healthy, compared to the less accurate external monitoring. Though there are risks associated with the internal monitor:


Risk of infection for mom and baby
Restricts movement of the mother
Reduction in movement can cause more pain

buying a baby monitor?




Peqo


hi we are having twins soon and are thinking of buying this monitor:
http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Handheld-Monitor-Screen/dp/B001NAATW0/ref=br_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3TTMBRDDATJ1H&colid=3VLFRXN5N0TET

we want to buy 2 so that we can see each baby individually on two separate monitors --- the babies will be in the same room. do you think having two baby monitors in a room will cause an interference in the image or will one affect the functioning of the other?

thanks
on amazon it seems to be cheaper to just buy two of this rather than buy one and an extra monitor. for the reason the extra monitor is really expensive (much more than the base and monitor)



Answer
I wouldn't think they would cause interference with each other, it runs on a digital signal, not analog. So you should be fine with getting two. That monitor is excellent. I bought the same one for my son. He's 2 weeks old now and i don't have to worry about how he is sleeping or disturbing him if he is, the monitor has a great image and good sound quality.




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