Kineko SATO, Sachiko SATO, Rie SATO, Etsuo HORIKAWA* Course of Maternity Nursing, College of Medical Sciences, Tohoku University
and Fetus: The Third Report
―― Cardiogram Monitering ――
and Toshifumi TAKABAYASHI**
*General Education, College of Medical Sciences, Tohoku University
**Department of Nursing, College of Medical Sciences, Tohoku University
In order to investigate the influence of car driving on uterine contractions and fetal heart rates, continuous monitering with cardiotocography was carried out before, during and after driving for each 20〜30 minutes on 13women who visited the Tohoku University Hospital for prenatal care after 29 weeks of pregnancy.
The results are as follows:
@ The uterine contraction of the pregnant women increase during driving compared with before driving. But they were not conscious of it.
A A few fetal heart rates―baseline and fetal heart rates variability were affected by driving. But there were not many.
B The blood pressure of the mother's body increased during driving compared with before it.