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Can someone help me with this please?
A very close family member had her baby yesterday. She kept telling the doctor & nurse that she couldn't do it. This is what is bothering me. She had two doctors, one female & one male. I will refer to them as 'f' or 'm'. The 'f' doc was the one helping her at first. she kept on telling her to push and she was doing her best. The 'm' doc came in & checked her and he said that the baby was in 'ROA' Position & walked out of the room. when we asked the 'f' doctor what that meant she said well it means the baby's head is over to the right to much. I can buy that put I am not going to call it because I don't like to do c-sections. I want to know if anyone knows what 'ROA' stands for-I know the R stands for right. I have asked the nurses and they act like they don't know. someone please help me. the patient & her baby almost died last night from this
10 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Right Occiput Anterior (ROA)
- mystylazuliLv 41 decade ago
I did a quick google of ROA pregnancy and this is what came up.
Direct quote:
ROA or ROP
Describes the position of the baby in the mother’s uterus. The R stands for right, O stands for occipito, the part of the baby that will be born first (usually the back of the head), A for anterior or towards the front and P for posterior or towards the back. So ROA means the baby is lying on the mother’s right, the back of his head is coming first and his back is turned towards the front of the mother or, if ROP, towards the back of the mother.
- 1 decade ago
Describes the position of the baby in the mother’s uterus. The R stands for right, O stands for occipito, the part of the baby that will be born first (usually the back of the head), A for anterior or towards the front and P for posterior or towards the back. So ROA means the baby is lying on the mother’s right, the back of his head is coming first and his back is turned towards the front of the mother or, if ROP, towards the back of the mother.
Hope this helps.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
ROA stands for Right Occiput Anterior - head down, facing mother's back and to the side a bit. A very good position for birth
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- texas_tec_chickLv 41 decade ago
right occiput anterior
The 'occiput posterior' (OP) position is not so good. This means the baby is still head down, but facing your tummy. Mothers of babies in the 'posterior' position are more likely to have long and painful labours as the baby usually has to turn all the way round to facing the back in order to be born. He cannot fully flex his head in this position, and diameter of his head which has to enter the pelvis is approximately 11.5cm, circumference 35.5cm
- 1 decade ago
Right Occiput Anterior. This means that the baby is facing the mother's back right side. (This is not an ideal position to come out of the borth canal)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It means that the baby is in a posterior position, see link below...
- 1 decade ago
stands for Right occipitoanterior fetal position.
Source(s): nurseing student Mosby's dictionary - Anonymous1 decade ago
i dont know im sorry
