A photo of a baby sitting up, a developmental milestone that most babies reach by the time that they are five and a half to seven months old. Sitting up is another of the major motor milestones that parents look forward to.
Furthermore, some controversy exists in relation to first-line and second-line treatment regimens for fetal supraventricular tachycardia. In general, digoxin is used as first-line treatment in the US, whereas in Europe flecainide is used for this purpose. For second-line treatment of drug-refractory supraventricular tachycardia with hydrops fetalis, Parilla and colleagues advocate early use of fetal intramuscular digoxin.
Rh type is needed during pregnancy to assess the risk of hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). In this condition, fetal red blood cells are destroyed by antibodies that are formed in the pregnant woman and that cross the placenta and into the fetal blood.