NURS 3334 Lecture 10: Grief and Loss in the Childbearing Family
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Hold baby and experience grief is important. Used to not be like that: don"t want parents to see dead baby. Release of thromboplastin from degenerating fetal tissue into maternal blood stream. Extrinsic clotting system is activated triggering formation of multiple tiny blood clots. Fibrinogen and factor v and vii are depleated. Signs of dic = respiratory and cardio collapse, bleeding around inciscion site, bleeding. Defined as: death of a fetus or infant from the time of conception through end of newborn period, first 28. Baby born dead = let parent have as much time with baby. Diagnosis confirmed by ultrasound of fetal heart (cid:498)) haven"t felt my baby move since yesterday(cid:499) Put her in a room = look for a heart rate!!!! (cid:498))"m going to try to listen but if ) can"t )"m going to try with an ultrasound but it doesn"t mean anything yet(cid:499) Not (r but heart in motion you"re looking for.
