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Re: back laborFrom: Anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:36:07 -0500 (CDT)
At Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Julie wrote: > >For those of you who have had back labor, did labor monitors pick up >your contractions? I was sent home from the hospital 5 hours before I >delivered because they weren't picking up strong contraction (they hurt >a ton) and I was only 2 cm dialated. I was just wondering if this was >typical. > >-- >Julie > First of all, the machines do not measure the intensity of the contraction. The only way to measure the intensity or how "strong" a contraction is, is by the nurse palpating the abdomen or by an IUPC(intrauterine pressure catheter). what the nurses should have done was, check you an hour later to see if there was cervical change. Cograts on your new baby!
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