To date, our computer-assisted search failed to report any case involving a gravid
patient donating her bone marrow for harvesting. It is known that bone marrow harvesting
causes a significant decrease in the donor's blood volume and therefore this can be
potentially detrimental to both the mother and the fetus. We report the first case
of the gravid donor in which fetal heart rate (FHR) during bone marrow harvesting
has been studied. Decreased beat to beat variability and disappearance of accelerations
were noted. The FHR returned to normal shortly after the procedure was terminated.
Fetal heart rate monitoring - bone marrow harvesting - acute lymphoblastic leukemia
