Journal of Clinical Gynecology and Obstetrics, ISSN 1927-1271 print, 1927-128X online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 5, Number 2, June 2016, pages 74-76

Maternal Heart Rate Mistaken for the Fetal Heart Rate During Delivery

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. (A) Fetal heart rate tracings showing reassuring patterns during the first stage of delivery at 37 weeks’ gestation and (B) heart rate tracings showing the baseline of 110 - 120 bpm with variability and the presence of recurrent mild variable decelerations. Closed squares show the periods of vacuum-extraction.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Fetal and maternal heart rate tracings during (A) first stage and (B) second stage of normal delivery at 39 weeks’ gestation. Open arrow shows the fetal heart rate, while closed arrow shows the maternal heart rate.