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Dystocia
Literally, it means difficult labor and practically means abnormally slow progress of labor. The word comes from the Greek 'dys' meaning 'difficult, painful, disordered, abnormal' and 'tokos' meaning 'birth'.
dystocia
This term means "difficult childbirth", usually when labour is not progressing. Uterine dystocia happens when the contractions are not strong enough to deliver the baby.
Dystocia - Difficult labor due to an abnormal position or size of the fetus.
Eclampsia - A serious complication of pregnancy manifested by convulsions and loss of consciousness, including coma; progresses from preeclampsia.
Dystocia - A difficult labor due to the abnormal position or size of the baby.
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Eclampsia - The convulsions and coma occurring in a pregnant woman with advanced preeclampsia.
Dystocia and augmentation of labor. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 49. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2003;102:1445-54. ...
Dystocia is thought to account for 30% of all C-sections in the USA, including as many as half of those performed on first-time mothers.
dystocia - difficult labor or childbirth
prolonged labor
abnormal birthing presentation - such as breech (buttocks first) delivery ...
Dystocia
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Labor dystocia - labor stalls, can be early or late in labor.
Fetal distress - where the baby's heart rate is non-reassuring or has developed a pattern of not returning to a normal baseline on the fetal monitoring strip.
Fetal Dystocia - Difficult labor due to an abnormally large fetus, abnormal fetal position or multiple babies in the womb.
Shoulder dystocia refers to when an infant's head delivers over the maternal perineum (spontaneously or assisted with vacuum or forceps) and then delivery of the anterior shoulder is difficult (or rarely impossible).
Shoulder dystocia is a risk factor that every large baby has. The obstetrician knows that the chances of it occurring are increased with a history of previous shoulder dystocia, a history of large babies, or diabetes.
Shoulder Dystocia
During delivery, the infant's shoulder gets caught on the mother's pubic bone.
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Shoulder Dystocia: Shoulder dystocia occurs when you have delivered your baby's head but his shoulder remains stuck behind the pubic bone.
Shoulder dystocia: When a baby's shoulders get stuck in the birth canal after the head has already been delivered.
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My baby's shoulders were stuck-something I have since learned is called shoulder dystocia. It can't be predicted in any way shape or form. I had no idea how serious this was. People were grabbing my knees and pushing them to my chest.
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4% cesarean rate for dystocia and a 2.3% cesarean rate for fetal distress prior (16.7% total) and a 14.4% rate for dystocia and a 1.6% rate for fetal distress after (16.0% total). Multiparas had a 2.6% rate for dystocia and a 1.
Randomised controlled trial of labouring in water compared with standard of augmentation for management of dystocia in first stage of labour. BMJ, 328(7435): 314-320.
Smith CA, et al. (2007).
I was wondering if anyone out there has had a baby before with shoulder dystocia? I only have one baby and she got stuck (shoulder dystocia) and they broke her collar bone to get her out and because of that I had a 4th degree tear too.
1 Stalled labor (called dystocia) or fetal distress are common examples of problems that require a cesarean. A cesarean after a trial of labor increases the risk of infection for both the mother and baby.1 ...
Difficult, slow labor (dystocia)
Labor that has stopped completely (failure to progress)
Cephalopelvic disproportion, a combination of the fetus having a large head and the mother having a narrow pelvic structure.
macrosomia (large, fat baby)
shoulder dystocia (birth trauma)
neonatal hypoglycemia (low blood sugar in the newborn)
prolonged newborn jaundice
low blood calcium
respiratory distress syndrome.
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an ob-gyn at the Ochsner Clinic, in New Orleans, "but I had one patient who had already had two babies in the 10-pound range, with shoulder dystocia (when the baby's shoulder is too big for the birth canal) in the last one -- more common in babies ...
Your baby's shoulder is stuck ( shoulder dystocia)
The perineum is not stretching and thinning enough
Your baby's head has crowned (it's visible) but is having difficulty making further progress
For difficult forceps deliveries ...
The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia (2005), by Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta, Suzy Myers and Shanna dela Cruz.
"I laboured in water for my first daughter's birth and I found it so relaxing and calm and am sure it helped the pain for me. However, after pushing for two and a bit hours I had to be hauled out as she had shoulder dystocia.
A large baby (a condition called macrosomia) can get stuck during labour (obstructed labour), or cause difficulties during delivery such as stuck shoulders (shoulder dystocia), or a tight fit that may require forceps or Caesarean delivery.
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Mother and Baby Health during Pregnancy
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