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Re: Prenatal Rituals From: Deborah J. Wage (wagedj@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu) Tue Dec 30 22:52:27 1997 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: DoctorJoe: "Re: GEN: laptop" Previous message: DoctorJoe: "Re: Adverse effects of terbutaline: response to Dr. Joe" Maybe in reply to: Kaycnm: "Prenatal Rituals" Next in thread: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Adverse effects of terbutaline: response to Dr. Joe" Reply: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Adverse effects of terbutaline: response to Dr. Joe" I have also found that women seem to enjoy listening to the heart with the fetoscope more than the doppler. I think it is more intimate....it sounds different. I've even got some of the dads going ahead and finding heart tones with the scope first, letting the mother listen and then me. I never count or write down a rate unless its obviously bradycardic or tachycardic. The fetoscope is also very useful in dating.....and aiding in the determination of fetal position sometimes. And I agree about the touch aspect.......I had a women say to me just today "I love it when you touch my baby, it feels so good". I think some of my patients don't have anyone touch them nicely very often. Deborah Wage, FNP,CNM Kaycnm wrote: > In a message dated 97-12-29 10:07:50 EST, Malcolm writes: > > << The only reason to listen to the FH is to allow the woman > to hear it - if she needs that reassurance - in which case you need a > > Doppler/Sonicaid so she can hear it to! >> > > Oh, no. I listen to FHTs with my stethescope after 20 weeks and hand > the > earpiece to the woman (and her children and spouse) to listen. But I > agree > with you, listening for heart tones is only an exercise in reassurance > for the > mom. ( I have worked with people who carefully write down the rate! ) > > There is a certain comfort in the ritual. And touching the woman's > belly, > especially when I listen with the stethescope and do Leopolds, has > it's > "healing arts" value. It is part of establishing a therapeutic > relationship. > > Kay Johnson, CNM > Atlanta, GA Next message: DoctorJoe: "Re: GEN: laptop" Previous message: DoctorJoe: "Re: Adverse effects of terbutaline: response to Dr. Joe" Maybe in reply to: Kaycnm: "Prenatal Rituals" Next in thread: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Adverse effects of terbutaline: response to Dr. Joe" Reply: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Adverse effects of terbutaline: response to Dr. Joe"

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