Fundal Height Measurement
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Nursing Care During Normal Pregnancy & Fetal Development — Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family▶ 3:18We use two standard, really reproducible measures throughout the pregnancyFirst is the fundal height measurementA classicNursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy — Maternity and Women's Health Care▶ 39:48If the bladder is full of urine, it inflates like a balloon and physically pushes the entire uterus upward and outwardA full bladder can artificially increase your fundal height measurement by as much as three full centimetersSo you measure 27 centimeters on a 24 -week pregnant woman, you panic, you order expensive ultrasounds, and it turns out she…