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pelvimetry /pel·vim·e·try/ (pel-vim´i-tre) measurement of the capacity and diameter of the pelvis.
pelvimetry measurement of the capacity and diameter of the pelvis, either internally or externally or both, with the hands or with a pelvimeter. |
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| One of the most valuable tools we can provide our students and clients is the knowledge of strategies and techniques to deal with these challenges in labor--empowering them to know that they can proactively work with their babies in labor towards a successful birth outcome without dwelling on the fear of certain fetal positions or of back pain. A series of slow extensions, fetal positions, and slides off, over, and under the chairs suggested a need to find balance and comfort, and felt right. 63) Fetal positions, particularly if abnormal (not vertex), or a size disparity between the fetus and the mother subject the growing fetus to unusual forces over a number of weeks and can result in unusual facies and limb postures and restrictions of neonatal joint mobility. |
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