Re: Why isn't NST a standard test for all?

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Selman I. Welt, M.D. Shreveport, LA

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>At Fri, 8 Dec 2000, anon wrote:
>>
>>I am 30w and have been experiencing a lot of BH contractions for 7 weeks
>>(>50 per day). My OB hasn't sent me for an NST nor does she plan to.
>>Yet I have a friend who had one (she has diabetes) and she found out
>>that the baby wasn't tolerating her contractions well (she didn't even
>>know she was having contractions). How do I know if MY baby is doing
ok >>during all of MY contractions?
>
>Babies of women with diabetes or high blood pressure or other medical
>conditions are already compromised and may not tolerate contractions as
>well as babies of mothers without any complications.
>
> Why aren't NSTs given to all pregnant
>>women?
>
>It just isn't cost effective -- and besides, most babies have some
>little occasional blips with contractions -- and if we monitored
>everyone, we would cause more harm than good by intervening for
>perfectly normal events in perfectly normal babies.
>
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>M. Kelly Shanahan, MD
>S. Lake Tahoe, CA
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