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Re: "routine" prenatal visit LONG of courseFrom: Griffiths Malcolm (Malcolm.Griffiths@ldh-tr.anglox.nhs.uk)Wed Aug 23 06:26:45 2000
My understanding was that weighing mother had no real value in relation to fetal growth. Routine weighing has been totally abandoned in UK. Our hand-held standard records don't even have a place for us to record serial weights. We do booking or prepregnant weight as both excessively low maternal weight and obesity may be risk factors in their own right and out anaesthetists like to know weight for drug dosage. -----Original Message----- From: Steve & Eryl Raymond [mailto:eryl@intekom.co.za] Sent: 22 August 2000 16:03 To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Subject: Re: "routine" prenatal visit LONG of course But the reason for weighing a pregnant woman is not to see if she herself has gained weight, it's to see that the normal growth of pregnancy is continuing and therefore that the baby is growing. It would be no help to make the mother gain weight with the milkshake if the baby continued to suffer from Intrauterine Growth Restriction. On 21 Aug 2000, at 7:09, Braun, R. Daniel wrote: I find that lack of weight gain can be successfully managed with supplements like a DQ milk shake after dinner every night. Great compliance. Dan I do not weigh mothers. I feel that there is hardly anything one can do if the mother gains or does not gain weight. I check the fundal height and if there is any suspicion of IUGR, order an ultrasound scan. Even if the mother gains too much weight I do not worry too much as long as the blood pressure remains normal. On the other hand, a woman can become unnecessarily worried if her weight gain is not quite like that of her friend. In fact, I did encounter a patient who spent sleepless nights after finding out that she had lost 500 gms in 4 days - (a fault with the machine being the reason). Dr. Steve Raymond Head of Department of O & G Empangeni Hospital Empangeni SOUTH AFRICA 3880 Ph:(+27)(035)77721111 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they -- are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager.
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