Assessment of fetal kick counts or fetal movements is one of many methods in evaluating fetal well-being. It can be used for reassurance when a patient perceives that there is a decrease in the usual fetal movement. Disclaimer: The information on this website is provided for educational and information

Fetal macrosomia is a term used to describe a newborn whose birth weight exceeds either 4,000 or 4,500 grams. Large for gestational age (LGA) is another term used to describe excessive fetal growth resulting in a birth weight equal or more than the 90th percentile for the gestational age. The risk for

Gestational diabetes is a condition that develops during pregnancy and causes a patient's blood glucose levels to be too high. During pregnancy, there may be insufficient insulin production or resistance to insulin (the hormone that usually helps us to use glucose for energy); when this happens, the

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a bacteria that normally lives in the digestive tract. However, 25% of women also carry or are colonized with the bacteria in the vagina. Because this colonization does not mean infection for the woman, there may be no symptoms and screening for the bacteria is important

HELLP, which stands for hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet, is a condition that occurs in approximately 10 - 20 % of women who have preeclampsia with severe features. Patients may present with nausea and vomiting, epigastric or right upper quadrant pain, severe headache, visual changes,

Normal blood pressure in pregnancy is less than 120/80 mmHg. Anything above those numbers is considered elevated or hypertension. A severe form of elevated blood pressure can occur where it is accompanied by other changes such as protein in the urine, or symptoms such as headache, changes in vision,