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Feeding Disorders
Feeding disorders are characterized by extreme food selectivity by type, texture, brand, shape or color.
Learn MoreFeeding Guide for the First Year
It's important to feed your baby a variety of healthy foods at the correct time. Learn more with this helpful guide.
Learn MoreFemoral Anteversion
Femoral anteversion is an inward turn of the thigh bone, which can cause the knees and toes to point in.
Learn MoreFemoral Anteversion
Femoral anteversion is a condition where the femur (thigh) bone rotates inward. This rotation causes the knee and foot to point inward as well. It is known as intoeing or being “pigeon-toed”. Often parents first notice this intoeing when their child begins to walk. It becomes most noticeable around 4 to 6 years of age. Femoral anteversion may exist in one or both legs.
Learn MoreFemoroacetabular Impingement
Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a condition where extra bone grows on the bone(s) within the hip joint.
Learn MoreFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
A baby born to a mother who drinks alcohol during pregnancy can have many problems. This is called fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
Learn MoreFetal Blood Sampling
Fetal blood sampling is a procedure to take a small amount of blood from an unborn baby (fetus) during pregnancy. Fetal blood sampling is usually done by a perinatologist with special training. This is a doctor who specializes in the care of babies in high-risk pregnancies.
Learn MoreFetal Circulation
Through the blood vessels in the umbilical cord, the fetus receives all the necessary nutrition, oxygen, and life support from the mother through the placenta.
Learn MoreFetal Growth Restriction
Fetal growth restriction is a condition in which an unborn baby is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy (gestational age).
Learn MoreFetal Monitoring
In pregnancy and during labor, your health care provider will check your unborn baby’s heart rate and other functions. Monitoring can be done on the outside of your belly (external monitoring). Or it may be done directly on the baby while inside your uterus (internal monitoring). Fetal monitoring is a very common procedure.
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Helping Hands Patient Education Materials
Written and illustrated by medical, nursing and allied health professionals at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Helping Hand instructions are intended as a supplement to verbal instructions provided by a medical professional. The information is periodically reviewed and revised to reflect our current practice. However, Nationwide Children's Hospital is not responsible for any consequences resulting from the use or misuse of the information in the Helping Hands.