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Here are some more information for Fetal Movement:

1. Your doctor fails to recognize that your baby is in distress during labor

Most pregnant women who arrive at a hospital are attached to monitoring devices. These devices, also known as tocolytic monitors, are for the benefit of the doctors and nurses to monitor the baby's heartbeat and the mother's contractions. The electronic wave forms that are typically seen on these devices and the hard-copy printout, are commonly referred to as "fetal monitoring strips." These strips provide crucial information to your doctor about how the baby is doing in the uterus, and how the baby reacts to the stresses of contractions.

When the contractions cause stress to the baby, the baby can react by showing an increase in heartrate. When the stresses to the baby are significant, or when insufficient oxygen is getting to the baby, there are certain signs that become evident on these fetal monitoring strips, that a physician and/or a nurse should be able to recognize and act upon. Decreased fetal movement, abnormal baseline heartrate, incomplete return of the baby's heartrate to baseline, inconsistent and abnormal reaction to contractions are just some of the warning signs that should trigger action in your doctor and nurse.

One common scenario is when the labor floor gets busy and neither the nurses nor the doctors are present to see that the baby may be in distress. When fetal distress occurs, the baby is deprived of life-giving oxygen. If prolonged, the baby may suffer irreversible brain damage with permanent life-long disability.

2. Your doctor has to perform an emergency c-section

The only reason a doctor will perform an emergency c-section is when the baby is in extreme distress, and the baby needs to be removed immediately. The question becomes: Why is the baby in so much distress? This is not an easy question to answer. There could be many reasons for fetal distress. In some cases it may be from failure to recognize the distress. In other cases, it may be the the uterus is tearing apart and the baby is not getting enough oxygen. There might be a tight cord around the baby's neck causing a decreased heartrate.

The important thing to remember is that when you have an emergency c-section, make sure you or your spouse ask why. The response will typically be that the baby is having a problem and needs to come out now. Then ask what the problem is and whether it was present before.

Your attorney will need to go through your medical records and your baby's records carefully to see what problems you may have been experiencing during your labor. The records will also have be thoroughly reviewed by a qualified and board certified obstetrician to see if there was evidence of malpractice and whether that malpractice (otherwise known as a departure from good and accepted medical care) was a substantial factor in causing and producing your baby's injuries.

3. Your baby is not crying when born

There may be different reasons for why the baby is not crying at the time of birth. Typically, a normally healthy child cries at the time of delivery. This accomplishes two important things: (1) The baby's lungs expand, and (2) It allows the baby to breathe on its' own immediately at birth. When there is no cry at birth, the baby's cry reflex may be stifled, diminished, or absent. This may be from a brain injury from lack of oxygen, or some other condition that needs immediate and emergent medical intervention.

A failure to cry at birth could signify an airway obstruction, a brain injury, lack of oxygen or a host of other medical problems- each one needing immediate attention. Hopefully, with a little aggressive rubbing and stimulation, the baby's cry reflex kicks into action and the baby "pinks up" and looks healthy.

4. Your baby isn't moving one of its' arms at birth

The failure of your baby to move one of its' arms at birth could indicate that the nerve that controls arm movement may have been traumatized or injured. This nerve is commonly known as the brachial plexus nerve. Damage to this nerve during a delivery can result in a condition known as "Erb's palsy" or "Klumpke's palsy."

An injury to the baby's arm could be transient, meaning that it's a temporary thing, or it could be more significant and have permanent repercussions. This type of injury can occur with a condition known as "shoulder dystocia." This is a term doctors use to describe the baby's shoulders becoming stuck in the birth canal. When that happens, there are specific obstetrical maneuvers the doctors should use to help the baby out, without having to pull on the stuck arm or shoulder.

Sometimes, when the maneuvers are not done properly, or not done at all, injury to the baby's arm can result in significant permanent damage.

5. Your baby has breathing difficulties

Breathing difficulties can result from prematurity, where your baby is born too early. It can also result from insufficient oxygen during birth. The exact cause of why your baby may have breathing problems requires intensive investigation.

These tips are provided to make you a better and more informed consumer of your own health and your family's health. As always, any questions concerning the possibility that you might be a victim of improper medical care should be investigated with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer immediately.

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Complete Information on Arthrogryposis With Treatment and Prevention

Arthrogryposis, too known as Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, is an uncommon inborn disorder that causes dual multilateral contractures and is characterized by muscle failing and fibrosis. It is a non-progressive disease. The leading reason of arthrogryposis is fetal akinesia payable to fetal abnormalities or paternal disorders (eg, transmission, drugs, trauma, new paternal illnesses. The condition is presently used in link with a really heterogeneous group of disorders that all include the popular characteristic of dual inborn multilateral contractures. The main reason is persistently decreased fetal movements payable to either fetal or paternal abnormalities. Consanguinity increases the opportunity that both parents transport the same disease gene. Consanguinity is more popular in families with uncommon recessive diseases than in those with popular recessive diseases.

Arthrogryposis is more popular in isolated populations such as finland and the bedouin community in israel. During earlier embryogenesis, multilateral growth is nearly ever natural. Motion is vital for the natural growth of joints and their adjacent structures, lack of fetal campaign causes additional connective tissue to produce around the joint. Arthrogryposis is perceptible at birth or in utero using ultrasonography. Some chromosomal abnormalities dramatically increase with paternal age, and single-gene predominant mutations can increase with maternal age. Muscle abnormalities are comparatively uncommon causes of arthrogryposis. Some related diseases include inborn sinewy dystrophies, inborn myopathies, intrauterine myositis, and mitochondrial disorders. Amyoplasia is an intermittent circumstance and has not been observed in siblings or progeny.

In some cases, few joints may be affected and the scope of movement may be almost natural. In the almost popular character of arthrogryposis, hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, hips, feet and knees are affected. There are numerous symptoms for this group of diseases. Some of the much popular signs and symptoms are associated with the shoulder, elbow (extension and pronation malformation), wrist, hand, pelvis, knee (flexion malformation) and foot. Other associated syndromes and conditions include focal femoral dysplasia, hand-muscle atrophy and sensorineural deafness, Kuskokwim syndrome, Larsen dysplasia, leprechaunism, nemaline myopathy, oculodentodigital syndrome, ophthalmomandibulomelic dysplasia, otopalatodigital syndrome, Pfeiffer syndrome, pseudothalidomide syndrome, sacral agenesis, tracheoesophageal.

While there is no cure, symptoms and deformities may still be alleviated with various methods due to multiple contractures and weakness. Early vigorous physical therapy to stretch contractures is very important in improving joint motion and avoiding muscle atrophy. Patients with amyoplasia or distal arthrogryposis respond well to physical therapy with excellent functional outcome. Splints can also help stretch joints, especially at night. Orthopedic surgery may also be able to relieve or correct joint problems. Joint manipulation during the first few months of life may produce considerable improvement. Orthotics may help. Wrist flexion deformities may be treated with tendon transfers and bony procedures to change the alignment of the wrist. Surgery may be needed later to align the angle of ankylosis, but mobility is rarely enhanced.

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Fetal movement?

This question is directed towards women who have already experienced fetal movement - I am a first time mother. I really want to know what to expect in the first fetal movements. What will I be feeling and how will I know that it is in fact the baby moving? I have about 4 weeks or so to go and I am really excited. This is really an opportunity for you mothers to just take a trip down memory lane and describe the feeling of your baby inside of you. Thank ladies for all of your memories. It means the world. =)

If you can compare it to anything, it would be something that vibrates, like someone playing a snare drum really fast. It will just suddenly go "brrrrrp," "brrrrrrrrp," and you will know.

I felt it for a couple weeks before I realized what it was, though, even though I had asked questions just like you beforehand and read all I could about it. My husband is an ob/gyn, and he kept saying, "It's probably gas" when I told him what I was feeling. Experience is the only way to understand the feeling. Just watch for fluttery, drumroll feelings and the occasional "tap, tap." That will be your munchkin.

Before long, you will be able to feel the baby completely roll around. It's amazing. I would say those last couple months are a little difficult, though, because if your baby is anything like mine and plenty of others I have heard about, you will get kicked in the ribs more than you will desire. My daughter would put her foot up behind my rib and push and push and push. Sometimes I would push back a little trying to get her to roll over because it was so uncomfortable, but she would kick back! So amazing!

Good luck and enjoy. It's a beautiful time.

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