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I would love to hear anything that would help me be a better nurse to families in this situation in the future. Like what if anything was said to you that was especially comforting. Really, anything you want to share about your situation would be helpful

He scanned her because she was there for decreased fetal mov't and I relayed she felt no movement since she had been here and I had not felt or heard mov't against the U/S.

I want to know if anyone else has ever had the unfortunate occasion to believe that MHR was FHR in the case of a fetal demise. I am kicking myself (and I know I shouldn't) because I was unable to tell that the maternal pulse I palpated was also what was printing. I'd like to know how to avoid this mistake in the future because it seemed that at times the blinking on the monitor screen did not correlate with mom's pulse (but I know now that it had to have been) There was no other way to tell...the rate was in 120's, good variability, even accels. I feel horrible for having reassured the parents based on this and then 30 minutes later they find out the truth. Then there is the physician side of it...he reviews the strip he believes to be of baby and talks to the parents in a reassuring way based on the information I provided him. Luckily, he scanned her.