Collapse of the cardiovascular system leads to fetal distress and death unless the child is delivered swiftly.

The study likened the change to those seen in cases of fetal distress.

In persistent severe signs of fetal distress, Cesarean section may be needed.

Such indications include a mother who is ill, fetal distress or a pregnancy that is more than a week past its due date.

When the baby suddenly goes into fetal distress in the operating room, the season's first ghosts appear to Melinda.

After the fetus begins to move, you feel decreased or no movement for more than a day; your baby may be experiencing fetal distress.

There is some evidence of fetal distress can be found with fetal heart rate monitoring.

The infant is also at increased risk for such problems as respiratory ailments and fetal distress caused by anesthesia given the mother.

Monitors often show fetal distress when there is none.

In nearly 75 percent of the cases in which the hospital reported fetal distress, the baby was delivered vaginally, the study showed.