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Nov 13, 2023 · Your fetal station helps your care team know where baby is in the process of labor, giving them an indication of how soon your little one will arrive and how well things are progressing. The below fetal station chart explains what the measurement means: Image: Pepermpron/Shutterstock | The Bump.
Aug 23, 2023 · Fetal station is a term that describes where your baby’s head - or other presenting part (shoulder, feet or buttocks) - is located in your pelvis. During most of your pregnancy, your baby is floating above your pelvic inlet, which is how they can so easily flip-flop between head-up, head-down and sideways.
Attending physicians at ESJH define fetal station in terms of the 1965 criteria more frequently than they use the 1988 criteria (48% vs. 44%). For the most part, the attending physicians realize that the leading edge of the PP of the fetus, not the BPD, should be used to define station.
Jan 30, 2023 · The station of the fetus is defined relative to its position in the maternal pelvis. When the bony fetal presenting part is aligned with the maternal ischial spine, the fetus is 0 station. Proximal to the ischial spines are stations -1 centimeter to -5 centimeters, and distal to the ischial spines is +1 to +5 station. [1]
- Julia Hutchison, Heba Mahdy, Justin Hutchison
- Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
- 2021
- 2023/01/30
The fetal station describes where the presenting part (head/buttocks/feet) of the fetus is located in the pelvis, as it descends during birth. It is measured in centimeters, showing where the presenting part is in relationship to the ischial spines. This distance is assessed vaginally.
Sep 11, 2017 · There are 11 stations (-5 to +5) used to describe how far down the baby’s head is within your pelvis. The highest station is -5, when the baby’s head is still floating above your hips. The...
The position (station) of the baby's head is determined by the relationship of the head to bony projections in the pelvis (ischial spines). The station of the baby's head is measured in the number of centimeters it is above or below these ischial spines. When the baby's head is two centimeters above the ischial spines it is at a -2 station.
