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When the patient accepts the examination request, the physician's HUD will change appearance to indicate that an exam is in progress, and will display the patient's basic status (the Physician's Bag will report this information via a private message to the Bag's user.). Basic information will be in the form:
Patient: <patient username>
State: <varies>
There are several states within the menstrual cycle. In the order of their normal sequence:
cycle (menstruating): the patient is in the first few days of her menstrual cycle
cycle: the patient is no longer menstruating, but not yet in her fertile phase (follicular phase)
cycle (fertile period): the patient is in her fertile period, but has not yet ovulated
cycle (ovulated): the patient is in her fertile period and has ovulated, but no eggs have been fertilized
cycle (but pregnant): one or more of the patients eggs has been fertilized. NOTE: The patient will not be aware of this.
cycle (neither menstruating nor fertile): the patient is in her post-fertile (luteal) phase
If the patient is pregnant and aware of it (i.e., has taken a home pregnancy test or is roughly one week beyond the expected end of her menstrual cycle), the HUD will display (and the Bag will include in its message):
State: gravid (<days along>/<expected days>)
<days along> is [obviously] how far the patient is into her pregnancy (recall that day 1 is actually the beginning of the menstrual cycle in which the pregnancy was achieved). <expected days> will generally be 280 unless the patient has specified an alternative gestation length.
If the patient is in labor, the message will indicate:
State: labor
Mins: <minutes>
<minutes> indicates the real-life time in labor (labor time is not subject to the SL time multipliers).
For all states, if there are fertilized eggs or developing fetuses, one additional line will be present in the basic status:
In womb: <N> male, <N> female
That indicates how many male and female fetuses or embryos are present.
Basic Functions
Basic Functions
The Deciduan Physician's HUD and Physician's Bag allow you to perform examinations and procedures on female users. Both the HUD and bag work similarly, with the following exceptions:
The HUD is [obviously] only visible to its wearer. It continually displays basic status as hovertext, and shows when an examination is in progress
The Bag may be carried in the left or right hand, or placed on a surface. It generally does NOT display hovertext, and communicates with its user primarily through private messages
To use either device, just click on it or say "/9scan". You'll be presented with a list of nearby users who are wearing female HUDs (or Herm HUDs in female mode).
Choose the person you'd like to examine. She'll see a dialog box stating: "<your name> has requsted access to your HUD in order to perform a medical examination. This also permits him/her to perform invasive procedures. Do you accept? Access will be automatically revoked if you leave his or her proximity for too long (or teleport away)."
The patient has 20 seconds to accept the request.
Basic Status
Basic Status
You can activate the HUD or Bag menu by clicking on it, or by saying "/9menu" or "/9m" in local chat. Its basic menu (for a non-pregnant patient) includes the following options:End: End the examination (shortcut: "/9end" or "/9e")
Params: Request the HUD's current womb configuration (shortcut: "/9params" or "/9p")
Status: Get extended status of patient's state (shortcut: "/9status" or "/9s")
The Params request returns the same thing that the patient sees if she requests her current configuration (and the same thing that male partners can see if they click the "Womb?" button while coupled. E.g.:
Deciduan Couples HUD (Female) v6.2.2.0: <patient name>
One SL "day" equals 4 hours in RL. All other values are stated in terms of this rate.
* Menstrual cycles last 4 weeks, +/-1 day, 23 hours
* Menstruation lasts about 4 days, 11 hours, and the fertile period is from about days 11 through 18
* If ovulation occurs immediately after insemination, there is a 35% chance of conception for each ovum
* Chances of multiple ovulation are: 1 ova (always), 2 ova (1 in 31), 3 ova (1 in 6715)
* If conception occurs, gestation will end 40 weeks after the beginning of the menstrual cycle, +/- 2 weeks.
The Status request generates an extended report on the patient's state. It's a more-verbose version of the basic status, and will indicate a few other elements, such as the number of unfertilized eggs present, whether sperm is present, etc. A few sample messages you might see are:
<patient name> is currently in her menstrual cycle, but has not yet ovulated.
<patient name> is currently in her menstrual cycle and has ovulated. One egg has been fertilized. One egg remains unfertilized, and donor sperm is present.
<patient name> is currently in her menstrual cycle and has ovulated. However, the eggs have expired.
Pregnancy is 25% complete, with 4 weeks, 6 days remaining (RL). Termination remains possible; fetus is not yet viable. The father is not nearby.
Father(s) not nearby: <father name>
Pregnancy is 88% complete, with 1 week remaining (RL). Termination is no longer possible; fetus may be viable. Induction may be performed with 94% viability. The father (<father name>) is nearby.
Pregnancy durations are stated in percentages since the patient may be utilizing a nonstandard gestation period. A simple rule-of-thumb for 280-day gestations is that 5% is two (SL) weeks, and 10% is one month (remember that a normal pregnancy is actually 40 weeks, or 38 weeks plus the two weeks prior to conception).
Procedures
Procedures
Depending on how far into the pregnancy the patient is, you may be able to terminate (abort) or induce labor. Prior to the 24th week (about 59%), the fetus is considered non-viable, and the Terminate option will be available. After that time, the Induce option will be present. Induction carries a risk of non-viability prior to the 38th week (see below).Termination is straight forward. You'll be asked to confirm:
The Physician's HUD or Bag will direct the patient's HUD to terminate the pregnancy and return her back to her menstrual cycle. It may take a few moments to take effect. There is no "scene" created around this, and it is up to you to role play it as you choose.
Patient: (the patient name)
In womb: states how many fetuses remain to be delivered (and their genders)
Labor stage: One of "active", "transition", or "delivery"; how long this stage has been active, and the percentage complete (before the next stage activates)
Dilation: cervix dilation. Note that it begins at 3cm (as some dilation occurs prior to the commencement of labor), and progresses to 10cm when delivery begins
Contraction Interval: the time from the beginning of one contraction until the beginning of the next, and how long each contraction will last. This varies by labor stage
Contraction active: If a contraction is ongoing, this will show how long the current contraction will continue. If no contraction is ongoing, the message "Next contraction in <time>" will display instead.
During labor, the patient has the ability to force progression to the next phase (from Active to Transition, or from Transition to Delivery). However, when being monitored by a Physician HUD or Bag, only the user of that device can trigger delivery (and, thus, progression to the next delivery or back to the menstrual cycle).
When the patient is being monitored, the gender and father of the delivered baby is revealed to both the Physican's HUD/Bag user, and the patient.
Monitoring Labor
Monitoring Labor
When labor is active, the Physician's HUD or Bag becomes a labor monitor. You can learn more about the stages of labor on the Labor and Birth page.When acting as a labor monitor, both the HUD and Bag will display hovertext. As such, if you're using the bag, you may wish to set it down on a nearby surface. The hovertext will display the following:
Patient: <patient name>
In womb: N [fe]male
Labor Stage: <stage> for <time> (N% complete)
Dilation: Ncm
Contraction Interval: N1s for N2s
Contraction active: M:SS
Induction attempts to start delivery early. Again, you'll be asked to confirm. If you do, the labor sequence will begin.
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