Electronic Fetal Heart Monitoring: How To Prepare
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How To Prepare
You may be asked to eat a meal shortly before having a nonstress test, because digesting food often increases the movement of your baby.
If you are having a contraction stress test, you may be asked to not eat or drink for 4 to 8 hours before the test.
If you smoke, you will be asked to stop smoking for two hours before the external monitoring test because smoking decreases your baby's activity.
| Last updated: | June 28, 2008 |
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| Author: | Sandy Jocoy, RN |
| Reviewed By: | Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine, Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC |
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