Maeve is a 35-year-old woman who is about 3 months pregnant. She recently broke her fibula in a touch football game and so has her leg encased in a midcaf level cast. It’s not a walking cast, so she
- will be using a wheelchair for the next 6 weeks. She’s worried she’ll gain too much weight because she’s no longer active. Because she’s not sure of the date of her last menstrual period, she’d like a sonogram done to date her pregnancy. She asks if that can be done with her in a wheelchair.
1. How would you answer Maeve’s question about using her wheelchair for a sonogram?
2. What other special considerations does Maeve need with regard to fetal health because she uses a wheelchair?
3. Maeve asks you if her baby has hair yet. That’s important to her because if her baby is a boy.she doesn’t want him to be as bald as her husband, who at 36, has already lost most of his hair.
